Medical discourse

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2009, Pages 199-215

  Wilce, James M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authority; Circulation; Conversation analysis; Interaction; Textuality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; IDEOLOGY; MEDICINE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70350445935     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-091908-164450     Document Type: Article

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