TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward some fundamentals of fundamental causality
T2 - Socioeconomic status and health in the routine clinic visit for diabetes
AU - Lutfey, Karen
AU - Freese, Jeremy
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2005/3
Y1 - 2005/3
N2 - The concept of "fundamental causality" has gained increasing attention as a way of understanding the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and health outcomes. Using enthnographic data from a comparative study of two diabetes clinics, the authors further develop the fundamental cause concept in three ways. First, they provide an exposition of the constituent claims implied by an assertion of fundamental causality. Second, they show how ethnographic data can be used to explicate such claims by showing some of the mechanisms that might operate to preserve the fundamental relationship in diabetes treatment regimens. Finally, they offer elaborations and refinements of the fundamental cause concept.
AB - The concept of "fundamental causality" has gained increasing attention as a way of understanding the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and health outcomes. Using enthnographic data from a comparative study of two diabetes clinics, the authors further develop the fundamental cause concept in three ways. First, they provide an exposition of the constituent claims implied by an assertion of fundamental causality. Second, they show how ethnographic data can be used to explicate such claims by showing some of the mechanisms that might operate to preserve the fundamental relationship in diabetes treatment regimens. Finally, they offer elaborations and refinements of the fundamental cause concept.
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U2 - 10.1086/428914
DO - 10.1086/428914
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:22944461075
VL - 110
SP - 1326
EP - 1372
JO - American Journal of Sociology
JF - American Journal of Sociology
SN - 0002-9602
IS - 5
ER -