Lay meanings and practices of medicinal use in a multicultural context : a qualitative study among Anglo-Celtic and Russian Australians in Melbourne Brushin, Bella. 2003, Lay meanings and practices of medicinal use in a multicultural context : a qualitative study among Anglo-Celtic and Russian Australians in Melbourne, Ph.D. thesis, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Lay meanings and practices of medicinal use in a multicultural context : a qualitative study among Anglo-Celtic and Russian Australians in Melbourne Author Brushin, Bella. Institution Deakin University School School of Health and Social Development Faculty Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Degree name Ph.D. Date submitted 2003 Keyword(s) Patient compliance - Victoria Therapeutics - Social aspects - Victoria Immigrants - Health and hygiene - Victoria Summary Describes medicinal use among Anglo-Celtic and Russian Australians. Cultural constructions of medicines are embedded in health beliefs; shaped by experiences with health care within socio-economic and political contexts. Cultural practices of medicinal use are best understood in the context of lay models of rationality and recognition of the conflict existing between the lay and expert models. Language eng Description of original xv, 336 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. Dewey Decimal Classification 615.5 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30026712 Document type: Thesis Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Higher degree theses (citation only)   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 01 Apr 2010, 15:46:47 EST Thu, 05 May 2011, 15:08:46 EST Thu, 05 May 2011, 15:09:31 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 272 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 01 Apr 2010, 15:46:47 EST

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