Making the invisible body visible. Bone scans, osteoporosis and women's bodily experiences

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2720-2731

  Reventlow, Susanne Dalsgaard ^a   Hvas, Lotte ^a   Malterud, Kirsti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bodily experience; Denmark; Embodiment; Medical technology; Osteoporosis; Risk perception; Women

Indexed keywords

BONE; FRACTURE; OSTEOLOGY; PERCEPTION; VISUALIZATION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT;

BODY IMAGE; BONE AND BONES; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; SELF CONCEPT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33748696567     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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