Practitioner decisions to engage in chinese medicine: Cultural messages under the skin

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-165

  Barnes, Linda L ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Agency; Chinese medicine; Decision making; Habitus; Hegemony; Schema; Xin

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIGRATION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ACUPUNCTURE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BOSTON; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; NEW YORK CITY; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 67650221867     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740902848493     Document Type: Article

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