Hearts and minds: Agency and discourse on distress

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-205

  Kemp, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Lewisham Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141886121     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1364847032000122854     Document Type: Review

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