Feminist perspectives on the social construction of chronic fatigue syndrome

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 173-185

  Richman, Judith A ^a   Jason, Leonard A ^b   Taylor, Renee R ^b   Jahn, Susan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL VALUES; WESTERN WORLD; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0034173394     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993300245249     Document Type: Article

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