The challenges of cross-disciplinary research

Social Epistemology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 425-438

  Aagaard Hansen, Jens ^a  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Applied Research; Biomedicine; Cross disciplinarity; Epistemology; Facilitators; Medical Anthropology; Methodology; Paradigms; Research Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949027557     PISSN: 02691728     EISSN: 14645297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02691720701746540     Document Type: Article

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