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"Several implications can be drawn from the prevalent age distribution of the Orang Asli. Considering the youthfulness of the age structure, we can expect the growth rates to be maintained at high levels for some time, even with relatively modest…

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Examines ethnomedical knowledge and practices related to tuberculosis conceptualization and management in a rural southern Ethiopian community.

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Examines how local residents pushed the project, "Rural Health Delivery System" in unpredictable and ironic directions based on fieldwork in a single village.

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Examines the manner in which time demands shape lay interpretations of medicine efficacy and drive increases in medication use for adults as well as children.

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Examines knowledge and practice surrounding birth in Morocco, using women's narratives of their recent birth experiences, observations of medical encounters, and statements about prescribed behaviors during pregnancy and birth.

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Argues that policy makers must pay attention to the relationships among authority, gender, and local knowledge.

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Health care reform in Canadian hospitals has resulted in increased workloads and bureaucratization of patient care contributing to the development of a new economy of care.

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The public health system's differential construction of Mexican and Cuban immigrants, "deservingness" of citizenship benefits and its preparation of them for different roles in U.S. society.

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In calling for health care that is culturally appropriate, minority groups seek political recognition of often racialized constructions of cultural difference as they intervene in health care planning and organization.

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