Discourses of agency and the search for the authentic self: The case of mood-modifying medicines

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 170-181

  Stevenson, Fiona ^a   Knudsen, Pia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agency; Denmark; Help seeking; Medicine taking decisions; Mood modifying medicines; UK

Indexed keywords

HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; MOOD STABILIZER;

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; MEDICINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF MEDICATION;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36349032893     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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