Chronic illness as incalculable risk: Scientific uncertainty and social transformations in medicine

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-58

  Wasserman, Jason Adam ^a   Hinote, Brian Philip ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic illness; complementary and alternative medicine; epidemiological transition; risk society; Ulrich Beck

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751496803     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2010.4     Document Type: Article

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