Public pressure, private protest: Illness narratives of West Indian immigrants in Montreal with medically unexplained symptoms

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-205

  Whitley, Rob ^a   Kirmayer, Laurence J ^b   Groleau, Danielle ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IMMIGRANT; INDIAN; MALE; MIGRATION; NARRATIVE; NIGHT WORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKING TIME;

EID: 33748482862     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470600863548     Document Type: Article

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