Pakistan's lady health worker labor movement and the moral economy of heroism

Annals of Anthropological Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 16-28

  Closser, Svea ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health worker; Pakistan; Poliomyelitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948972084     PISSN: 2153957X     EISSN: 21539588     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/napa.12061     Document Type: Article

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