Glorious deeds: Work unit blood donation and postsocialist desires in urban China

Body and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 51-70

  Erwin, Kathleen ^a   Adams, Vincanne ^a   Le, Phuoc V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese medicine; Commercialization; Consumerism; Postsocialism; Reciprocity; Socialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 66949169607     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X09103437     Document Type: Article

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