A right to health: Medicine as Western cultural imperialism

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1191-1204

  Matheson, Donna ^a  

^a Centro Evanglico de Medicina Do Lubango   (Angola)

Author keywords

Angola; Culture; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANGOLA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RELIGION; REVIEW; SCIENCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; STANDARD;

ANGOLA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 70350433527     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280902773794     Document Type: Review

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