Items for "medical anthropology"

Evil radioactivity. Subjective perception of radioactivity in patients with thyroid disease prior to treatment with radioiodine

AIM: We assess the perspective of patients with thyroid disease towards radiation and radioactivity by means of a cultural-anthropological approach based on qualitative measures and quantitative scores...

Keywords: Wahrnehmung, Strahlung, Radioiodtherapie, Kulturanthropologie, Medizinethnologie