Resistance or inaction? Protecting ayurvedic medical knowledge and problems of agency

American Ethnologist

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 86-101

  Halliburton, Murphy ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

agency; ayurveda; India ; intellectual property law; resistance; science studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551559856     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2010.01294.x     Document Type: Article

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