Putting pain to paper: Endometriosis and the documentation of suffering

Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 463-482

  Whelan, Emma ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Expert; Lay; Measurement; Pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MEASUREMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0141460420     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13634593030074005     Document Type: Article

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