Reflections on embodiment and vulnerability

Medical Humanities

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-7

  Wainwright, S P ^a   Turner, B S ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; EXPERIENCE; HABIT; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL LIFE; SPORT; WORK;

EID: 0038804014     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mh.29.1.4     Document Type: Review

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