Biomedical ambivalence: Asthma diagnosis, the pharmaceutical, and other contradictions in Barbados

American Ethnologist

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-63

  Whitmarsh, Ian ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Asthma; Globalization; Pharmaceuticalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049111683     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2008.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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