The Cultural Turn in Sociology: Can It Help Us Resolve an Age-Old Problem in Understanding Decision Making for Health Care?

Sociological Forum

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 655-676

  Pescosolido, Bernice A ^a   Olafsdottir, Sigrun ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Culture; Health care; Mental health; Methodology; Service use; Survey research; Utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958582472     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2010.01206.x     Document Type: Article

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