In pursuit of health: Pragmatic acculturation in everyday life

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 419-422

  Quah, Stella R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agency; Biomedical models; CAM; Pragmatic acculturation; Structure; TCM

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049503667     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.451.17.4.419     Document Type: Article

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