Individuals' experience of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Psychology and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 443-458

  Arroll, Megan A ^a   Senior, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Illness experience; Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Symptom perception

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS EXPERIENCE; INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYMPTOM PERCEPTION;

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; ILLNESS EXPERIENCE; INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM PERCEPTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 42049090772     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14768320701246469     Document Type: Article

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