Diabetes in people, cats, and dogs: Biomedicine and manifold ontologies

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 324-352

  Rock, Melanie ^a,b   Babinec, Patricia ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthrozoology; Biomedicine; Canada; Cognitive anthropology; Companion animals; Diabetes mellitus; Explanatory models; Medical anthropology; Pets; Science and technology studies; Valuation; Veterinary medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; INSULIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CANADA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE;

EID: 55049101735     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740802427091     Document Type: Article

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