Social and cultural efficacies of medicines: Complications for antiretroviral therapy
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Using ethnographic examples of medicine use, prescription, distribution and production, the authors argue that social and cultural effects of pharmaceuticals should be taken into account. Non-medical effects deeply influence the medical outcome of medicine use. C...
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2006-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Using ethnographic examples of medicine use, prescription, distribution and production, the authors argue that social and cultural effects of pharmaceuticals should be taken into account. Non-medical effects deeply influence the medical outcome of medicine use. Complications around the advent of anti-AIDS medicines in poor countries are taken as a point in case. The authors are medical anthropologists specialised in the social and cultural analysis of pharmaceuticals.</p> |
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| Item Description: | 10.1186/1746-4269-2-48 1746-4269 |