CONSTRUCTING INEQUALITY IN THREE KENTUCKY COMMUNITIES: DISCOURSES OF BLAME AND RESPONSIBILTY

CONSTRUCTING INEQUALITY IN THREE KENTUCKY COMMUNITIES: DISCOURSES OF BLAME AND RESPONSIBILTY

This thesis focuses on the social determinants of health in Appalachia. Using anthropological ethnographic field methods, this thesis explores the ways in which public assistance programs and exchanges between health care practitioners and clients result in discourses of blame and responsibly. Also...

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Main Author: New, Elizabeth J.
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2010
Subjects:
health inequalities
culture of poverty
public assistance
gender
Appalachia
Anthropology
Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/61
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1056&context=gradschool_theses

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http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1056&context=gradschool_theses

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