Struggling for a tolerable existence: The meaning of men's lived experiences of living with pain of fibromyalgia type

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 238-249

  Ella, Margareta Paulson ^a,c,d   Söderberg, Danielson Siv ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; EVALUATION; FIBROMYALGIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MALE; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANECDOTES; BODY IMAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FIBROMYALGIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEN; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036480353     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973202129119865     Document Type: Article

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