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  1. Medical Anthropology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Vincanne Adams

  2. Medical Anthropology, UCSF Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Sharon R. Kaufman

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Adams, V., Kaufman, S.R. Ethnography and the Making of Modern Health Professionals. Cult Med Psychiatry 35, 313–320 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-011-9216-0

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