Surviving the crisis: Adaptive wisdom, coping mechanisms and local responses to avian influenza threats in Haining, China

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-30

  Zhang, Letian ^a   Pan, Tianshu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive wisdom; Avian flu threats; Collective survival consciousness; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHINA; COPING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUNGER; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFORMATION CENTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PANDEMIC; PERCEPTION; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; THREAT;

EID: 40449103024     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470801919008     Document Type: Article

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