To have or to take: Discourse, positioning, and narrative identity in women's accounts of HRT

Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 329-350

  Stephens, Christine ^a   Carryer, Jenny ^a   Budge, Claire ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Massey University ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause; Subjectivity; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 3042565271     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459304043473     Document Type: Article

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