Menopause and the virtuous woman: The importance of the moral order in accounting for medical decision making

Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-24

  Stephens, Christine ^a   Breheny, Mary ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discourse; HRT; Menopause; Morality; Narrative; Virtue; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY;

DECISION MAKING; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; VIRTUES;

EID: 38649120497     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459307083695     Document Type: Article

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