The Rise of Alternative Health Care: A Sociological Account

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 286-301

  McQuaide, Michael M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative medical care; civic culture; medical markets; postmodernism; socioeconomic status; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247669191     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700061     Document Type: Article

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