Pragmatism, globalism and culturalism: Health pluralism of chinese people in Britain

Constructions of Health and Illness: European Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 65-79

  Chau, Ruby C M ^a   Yu, Sam W K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 85084604972     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781351161282-6     Document Type: Chapter

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