Medicalization in Nepal: A study of the influence of westernization on defining deviant and illness behavior in a developing country

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 131-142

  Furr, Allen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND DISEASE; WESTERNIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33645731117     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715204048314     Document Type: Article

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