An exploration of illness-related narratives in marriage: The identification of illness-identity scripts

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 527-544

  Walker, Kandi L ^a   Dickson, Fran C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health communication; Health talk; Illness talk; Marital communication; Marriage; Scripts

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344685271     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407504044846     Document Type: Article

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