Migration, Social Change, Health, and the Realm of the Possible: Women's Stories between Nepal and New York

Anthropology and Humanism

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-214

  Craig, Sienna R ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Medical pluralism; Migration; Nepal; Subjectivity; Tibet; Women's health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867371232     PISSN: 15599167     EISSN: 15481409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2011.01092.x     Document Type: Article

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