Medicalization and beyond: The social construction of insomnia and snoring in the news

Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-268

  Williams, Simon J ^a   Seale, Clive ^b   Boden, Sharon ^c   Lowe, Pam ^d   Steinberg, Deborah Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Media; Medicalization; Press; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; PUBLICATION; SNORING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SNORING;

EID: 41249092865     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459307086846     Document Type: Article

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