Toward a model of social course in chronic illness: The example of chronic fatigue syndrome

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 303-331

  Ware, Norma C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0033192176     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005577823045     Document Type: Article

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