Complex syndromes, ambivalent diagnosis, and existential uncertainty: The case of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1549-1559

  Stockl, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity in medicine; Lay knowledge; Lupus; Medically unexplained syndromes; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE); UK; Uncertain diagnosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNE SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CARE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548151878     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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