"The horror of this living decay": Women's negotiation and resistance of medical discourses around menopause and midlife

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 293-299

  Perz, Janette ^a   Ussher, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; MEDICINE; SELF ASSESSMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 49849093262     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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