Exploring the altered daily geographies and lifeworlds of women living with fibromyalgia syndrome: A mixed-method approach

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 577-588

  Crooks, Valorie A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Daily geographies; Fibromyalgia syndrome; Lifeworld; Mixed method; Sickness Impact Profile; Women

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; MUSCLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LABOR; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RECREATION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIETY; TRIANGULATION;

COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ONTARIO; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 33845694849     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.09.025     Document Type: Article

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