A theory of life’s lesions: A contribution to solving the mystery of why women get sick more than men

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 433-455

  Finkler, Kaja ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; SICK ROLE; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0034231869     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330050082254     Document Type: Article

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