"Part and parcel of being a woman": Female urinary incontinence and constructions of control

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-285

  Peake, Susan ^a,b   Manderson, Lenore ^a,b   Potts, Helen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Gender; Social control; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; CONTROL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0033191453     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1999.13.3.267     Document Type: Article

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