The constraints of a normal life: The management of urinary incontinence by middle aged women

Women and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 37-51

  Peake, Susan ^a   Manderson, Lenore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Gender construction; Social control; Social membership; Transgression; Urinary incontinence (UI)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGLECT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLOTHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SEXUALITY; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0038389610     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v37n03_03     Document Type: Article

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