'How could I even think of a job?' - Ambiguities in working life in a group of female patients with undefined musculoskeletal pain

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 169-174

  Johansson, Eva E ^a   Hamberg, Katarina ^a   Lindgren, Gerd ^a   Westman, Göran ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Family; Gender; Musculoskeletal disorders; Qualitative research; Sick role; Work

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030724473     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813439709035022     Document Type: Article

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