'How do you explain a pain that can't be seen?': The narratives of women with chronic pelvic pain and their disengagement with the diagnostic cycle

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-274

  McGowan, Linda ^a   Luker, Karen ^a   Creed, Francis ^a   Chew Graham, Carolyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC PAIN; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 34248569954     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910706X104076     Document Type: Article

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