Making sense of medicines: ‘Lay pharmacology’ and narratives of safety and efficacy

Science as Culture

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-247

  Webster, Andrew ^a   Douglas, Conor ^a   Lewis, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lay pharmacology; Pharmacogenetics; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864638794     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505430902885631     Document Type: Article

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