Taking the MINI to Mustang, Nepal: Methodological and epistemological translations of an illness narrative interview tool

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-26

  Craig, Sienna R ^a   Chase, Liana ^a   Lama, Tshewang Norbu ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b Himalayan Amchi Association   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Explanatory models; Illness meaning; Medical anthropology; Narratives; Nepal; Tibet

Indexed keywords

EPISTEMOLOGY; INTERVIEW; MCGILL ILLNESS NARRATIVE INTERVIEW; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; NARRATIVE; NEPAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CULTURE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEPAL; TIBET;

EID: 77951669529     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648471003602566     Document Type: Review

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