Whose voice? Whose experiences? Women's qualitative accounts of general and private discussion of premenstrual syndrome

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 414-423

  Sveinsdóttir, Herdís ^a,b   Lundman, Berit ^a   Norberg, Astrid ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Discourse; Interviews; Premenstrual dysphoric disorder; Premenstrual syndrome; Premenstrual tension; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MEN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEGATIVISM; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0036444913     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-6712.2002.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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