Cultural discourse and the myth of stress in nursing and medicine

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 455-468

  Mulhall, Anne ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; STRESS;

CULTURE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NURSING RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEMANTICS; STRESS;

EID: 0030255677     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7489(96)00005-3     Document Type: Article

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