'I am not the kind of woman who complains of everything': Illness stories on self and shame in women with chronic pain

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1035-1045

  Werner, Anne ^a   Isaksen, Lise Widding ^b   Malterud, Kirsti ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Gender; Illness Narratives; Medically unexplained pain; Norway; Somatisation

Indexed keywords

WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; BIOMEDICINE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MORALITY; MYALGIA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOMATIZATION; STEREOTYPY; THEORY; TRUST;

EID: 2942536051     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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