Nerves as status and nerves as stigma: Idioms of distress and social action in Newfoundland and Northern Norway

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 370-390

  Davis, Dona Lee ^a,b,c   Joakimsen, Lisa Moe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

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EID: 0039842476     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973239700700304     Document Type: Article

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