The paradoxical reliance on allopathic medicine and positivist science among skeptical audiences

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 164-173

  Clarke, Juanne N ^a   Arnold, Stephanie ^a   Everest, Michelle ^a   Whitfield, Kyle ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audience interpretation; Canada; Health; Media; Medicalization

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BELIEF; MASS MEDIA; MEDICINE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALLOPATHY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SCIENCE; SELF CONCEPT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MASS MEDIA; ONTARIO; PUBLIC OPINION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 33751016388     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.08.038     Document Type: Article

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