Holistic sickening: Breast cancer and the discursive worlds of complementary and alternative practitioners

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 616-631

  Sered, Susan ^a   Agigian, Amy ^a  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Breast cancer; Etiology; Gender; Holistic healing

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PHILOSOPHY; UNITED STATES;

BOSTON; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC;

EID: 42449111149     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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