Sobriety and its cultural politics: An ethnographer's perspective on "culturally appropriate" addiction services in Native North America

Ethos

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 354-375

  Prussing, Erica ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health; Native North America; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349128649     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: 15481352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1352.2008.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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