Inconspicuous anomalies: Alexithymia and ethical relations to the self

Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 471-492

  Greco, Monica ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Authenticity; Ethics; Illness; Narrative; Psychosomatics; Self

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347036562     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136345930100500404     Document Type: Article

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