"How to say it": Women's descriptions of pelvic pain

Women and Health

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 81-98

  Grace, Victoria M ^a   MacBride Stewart, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Descriptors; McGill Pain Questionnaire; Narrative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NOMENCLATURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VOCABULARY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 46449126349     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v46n04_05     Document Type: Article

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