'Taking charge of your health': Discourses of responsibility in English-Canadian women's magazines

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 463-477

  Roy, Stephannie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Healthism; Responsibility; Women's magazines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PUBLICATION; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SELF EFFICACY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 42549132200     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01066.x     Document Type: Article

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