Domestic practice, situated contingency and adherence to medical directives: A call for research

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-60

  Rosenfeld, Dana ^a   Weinberg, Darin ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adherence; Bourdieu; ethnomethodology; home; medication use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855383494     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2011.9     Document Type: Article

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