Vulnerability as a strength: Why, when, and how?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Supplement

Volumn 33, Issue 66, 2005, Pages 3-6

  Malterud, Kirsti ^a,b,c   Solvang, Per ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Culture; Health resources; Normality; People with disability; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WELLBEING; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSULTATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL VALUE; EMPOWERMENT; EPISTEMOLOGY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MYALGIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL WELFARE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISABLED PERSON; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURE; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 27744501037     PISSN: 14034956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034950510033291     Document Type: Article

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