From "Water Boiling in a Peruvian Town" to "Letting them Die": Culture, Community Intervention, and the Metabolic Balance Between Patience and Zeal

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-68

  Trickett, Edison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Community culture; Community intervention; Culture of science; Ecology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PERU; RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURE; HUMANS; PERU; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650973254     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9369-y     Document Type: Article

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