Citation

Johnson PB. Soc. Sci. Med. 1993; 37(1): 27-30.

Affiliation

Hispanic Research Center, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8332921

Abstract

Drinking behavior has been studied by scientists from a variety of social science disciplines including anthropology, economics, sociology, and psychology. The very nature of their narrow, discipline-based training and work, however, has often prevented these scientists from appreciating each other's different methodologies and from conducting cooperative, interdisciplinary studies. In this paper, I discuss how my own experience with ethnographic alcohol studies influenced my research on drinking behavior. I then outline a research strategy that could be used to foster interdisciplinary alcohol studies.

Language: en