Diverse and changing perceptions of the body: Communicating illness, health, and risk in an age of medical pluralism

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Agdal, Rita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIOMEDICINE; BODY IMAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIALIZATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 29344468021     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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