Illness Behavior and Functional Somatic Symptoms - Rethinking the Concept of Illness Behavior from an Anthropological Perspective

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 180-201

  Risør, Mette Bech ^a  

^a Research Clinic for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics   (Denmark)

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EID: 34247660236     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700070     Document Type: Article

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