Social representations of health and illness among 'baby-boomers' in Eastern Canada

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 485-499

  Murray, Michael ^a   Pullman, Daryl ^a   Rodgers, Theresa Heath ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health; Illness; Narratives; Social representations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONVERSATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXPERIENCE; FITNESS; GOVERNMENT; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFESTYLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SELF CARE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0042691312     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13591053030085002     Document Type: Article

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