Making Alzheimer's disease matter. Enacting, interfering and doing politics of nature

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-110

  Moser, Ingunn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Enactment; Interference; Matters of concern; Ontological multiplicity; Politics of nature

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 37349098068     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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