Undoing gender? The case of complementary and alternative medicine

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-107

  Brenton, Joslyn ^a   Elliott, Sinikka ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Gender; Neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOLIBERALISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; GENDER; NEOLIBERALISM;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892539241     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12043     Document Type: Article

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