Paying for what ails you: Sociocultural issues influencing the ways and means of therapy payment in South India

Anthropology and International Health: Asian Case Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 241-267

  Nichter, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203393390     Document Type: Chapter

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