Precarious Projects: Conversions of (Biomedical) Knowledge in an East African City

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-83

  Prince, Ruth J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

documents; global health; identity; space; temporality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; NARRATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; RECORDS AS TOPIC; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84891510216     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2013.833918     Document Type: Article

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