The ills of marginality: New perspectives on health in South Asia

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-210

  Ecks, Stefan ^a   Sax, William S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; LAW; ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH ASIA; VICTIM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 27544486734     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470500291287     Document Type: Review

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