Fatigue in chronic fatigue syndrome: A discourse analysis of women’s experiential narratives

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 187-201

  Hart, Blossom ^a   Grace, Victoria M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0034173177     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993300245258     Document Type: Article

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