A normal biological process? Brittle bones, HRT and the patient-doctor encounter

Debating Biology: Sociological Reflections on Health, Medicine and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 210-222

  Griffiths, Frances ^a   Green, Eileen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203987681     Document Type: Chapter

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