Talk as social suffering: Narratives of talk in medical settings

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-38

  Monks, Judith A ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034112379     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136484700109331     Document Type: Review

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