Self-help literature and the making of an illness identity: The case of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)

Social Problems

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 279-300

  Barker, Kristin ^a  

^a LINFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0036669660     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2002.49.3.279     Document Type: Article

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