Negotiating illness: Doctors, patients, and families in the nineteenth century

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 349-368

  Theriot, Nancy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEGOTIATING; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0035459991     PISSN: 00225061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhbs.1065     Document Type: Article

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