Chicken or the egg? The biological-psychological controversy surrounding hyperemesis gravidarum

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1267-1278

  Munch, Shari ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperemesis gravidarum; Pregnancy complication; Psychogenic attribution; Social construction of illness

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; GINGER EXTRACT; PROCHLORPERAZINE MALEATE; PROMETHAZINE; PYRIDOXINE;

PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ACUPRESSURE; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NAUSEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOGENESIS; TENSION; THEORY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; CONVERSION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; PREGNANCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036787936     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00239-8     Document Type: Article

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