Sjaak van der Geest

THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF PHARMACEUTICALS: A Biographical Approach

Sjaak van der Geest, Susan Reynolds Whyte, Anita Hardon · Annual Review of Anthropology · 1996 · 491 citations

Social Sciences, Anthropology, Cultures +16

Successful Aging in the Oldest Old

Margaret von Faber, A. Bootsma–van der Wiel, Eric van Exel et al. · Archives of Internal Medicine · 2001 · 475 citations

Education, Geriatric Medicine, Health Sciences +13

The Charm of Medicines: Metaphors and Metonyms

Sjaak van der Geest, Susan Reynolds Whyte · Medical Anthropology Quarterly · 1989 · 276 citations

Social Sciences, Anthropology, Cultures +16

Risk Factors for Pneumonia, and Colonization of Respiratory Tract and Stomach in Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients

M. J. M. Bonten, D. C. J. J. Bergmans, A.W. Ambergen et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 1996 · 180 citations

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +13

Self-care and the informal sale of drugs in South Cameroon

Sjaak van der Geest · Social Science & Medicine · 1987 · 170 citations · Full text

Law, Health Policy, Medical Anthropology +8