'What is it like to have ME?': The discursive construction of ME in computer-mediated communication and face-to-face interaction

Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-108

  Guise, Jennifer ^a   Widdicombe, Sue ^b   McKinlay, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Abertay Dundee ^*

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication (CMC); Discursive psychology; Illness descriptions; ME CFS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF HELP;

FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 33845329924     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459307070806     Document Type: Article

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