Health psychology and discourse: Personal accounts as social texts in grounded theory

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 297-311

  Schou, Kirsten Costain ^a,c   Hewison, Jenny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Research Centre for Health Promotion   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Psychosocial oncology; Qualitative methodology; Text

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COGNITION; EMOTION; HEALTH; HUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0031845396     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135910539800300302     Document Type: Article

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