Family health narratives: Midlife women's concepts of vulnerability to illness

Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-293

  Lindenmeyer, Antje ^a   Griffiths, Frances ^b   Green, Eileen ^b   Thompson, Diane ^b   Tsouroufli, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Family history; Life story; Narrative; Qualitative methodology; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 45749098500     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459308090049     Document Type: Article

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