Pharmad-ventures: A feminist analysis of the pharmacological imaginary of alzheimer's disease

Body and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 95-117

  Åsberg, Cecilia ^a   Lum, Jennifer ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedicine; Dementia; Embodiment; Feminist theory; Visual culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349169718     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X09347217     Document Type: Article

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