Medicalisation reconsidered: Toward a collaborative approach to care

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 357-378

  Broom, Dorothy H ^a   Woodward, Roslyn V ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Chronic illness; Diagnosis; Medical dominance; Medical uncertainty; Medicalisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030559108     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.ep10934730     Document Type: Article

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