Multiculturalism and the construction of ethnic identities in labour and health practices: Avoiding the culturalistic fallacy in applied research

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 173-197

  Meershoek, Agnes ^a   Krumeich, Anja ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Illness certification; Labour and health practices; Multiculturalism; Practical rationality

Indexed keywords

APPLIED RESEARCH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL BIAS; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 68849103038     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-008-0097-5     Document Type: Review

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