Against Belief: The Usefulness of Explanatory Model Research in Medical Anthropology

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-162

  Dein, Simon ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

belief; explanatory models; health behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247455360     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700009     Document Type: Article

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