The importance of contextualization. Anthropological reflections on descriptive analysis, its limitations and implications

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 345-356

  Andersen, Rikke Sand ^a   Risør, Mette Bech ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84907713080     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2013.876355     Document Type: Article

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