Illness action rediscovered: A case study of upper limb pain

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-346

  Calnan, M ^a   Wainwright, D ^a   O'neill, C ^a   Winterbottom, A ^a   Watkins, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical uncertainty; Illness action behaviour; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF MEDICATION; SICK ROLE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; UNCERTAINTY; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 34247573904     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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