Schizophrenia, an Illness and a metaphor: Analysis of the use of the term 'schizophrenia' in the UK national newspapers

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 423-426

  Chopra, Arun K ^a   Doody, Gillian A ^b  

^a DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; LITERATURE; NOMENCLATURE; PUBLICATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34948878156     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.100.9.423     Document Type: Article

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