A relational approach to health practices: Towards transcending the agency-structure divide

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 187-198

  Veenstra, Gerry ^a   Burnett, Patrick John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Field; Health behaviour; Health practices; Relationality; Structure agency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOURDIEU; FIELD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RELATIONALITY; STRUCTURE-AGENCY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BOURDIEU; FIELD; HEALTH BEHAVIOUR; HEALTH PRACTICES; RELATIONALITY; STRUCTURE-AGENCY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE;

EID: 84894089335     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12105     Document Type: Article

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