Hysterical talk? A discourse analysis of Greek women's accounts of their experience following hysterectomy with oophorectomy

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 391-404

  Dell, P ^a   Papagiannidou, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GREECE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTERIA; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SELF CONCEPT; UTERUS;

EID: 0032776705     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646839908404604     Document Type: Article

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