Charles Mather

Summary

Affiliation: University of Calgary

Country: Canada

The pipeline and the porcupine: alternate metaphors of the physician-industry relationship
Charles Mather
Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N W, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N IN4
Soc Sci Med 60:1323-34. 2005
Accusations of genital theft: a case from northern Ghana
Charles Mather
Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Cult Med Psychiatry 29:33-52. 2005
Gender-based challenges faced by older Sikh women as immigrants: recognizing and acting on the risk of coronary artery disease
Kathryn M King
Faculty of Nursing and Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Can J Nurs Res 38:16-40. 2006

The pipeline and the porcupine: alternate metaphors of the physician-industry relationship
Charles Mather
Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N W, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N IN4
Soc Sci Med 60:1323-34. 2005
..The paper argues that the physician-industry relationship is akin to a type of gift-exchange known as a total prestation, and that this form of total prestation is part of a strategy of capital reconversion...
Accusations of genital theft: a case from northern Ghana
Charles Mather
Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Cult Med Psychiatry 29:33-52. 2005
..Local explanations for the case conform to both biomedical and social psychological models...
Gender-based challenges faced by older Sikh women as immigrants: recognizing and acting on the risk of coronary artery disease
Kathryn M King
Faculty of Nursing and Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Can J Nurs Res 38:16-40. 2006
..The ultimate aim is to improve health outcomes for Sikh immigrants as vulnerable members of society...