Medical Sociology and Technology: Critical Engagements

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 1_suppl, 2010, Pages S120-S132

  Casper, Monica J ^a   Morrison, Daniel R ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biopolitics; bodies; embodied health movements; epistemology; feminist science and technology studies; medical practice; symbolic interactionism

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY;

FEMINISM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79952277291     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146510383493     Document Type: Article

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