The meanings of pain: An exploration of women's descriptions of symptoms

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1791-1802

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

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Illness experiences; Musculoskeletal pain; Women patients; Symptom descriptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; SELF CONCEPT; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SWEDEN; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0033001456     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00080-5     Document Type: Article

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