Endurance and contest: Women's narratives of endometriosis

Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-367

  Markovic, Milica ^a   Manderson, Lenore ^a   Warren, Narelle ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constructions of gender; Embodiment; Lay beliefs; Menarche; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PAIN; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; VICTORIA;

EID: 45749127831     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459308090053     Document Type: Article

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