The interaction of age and gender in illness narratives

Ageing and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1025-1045

  Seale, Clive ^a   Charteris Black, Jonathan ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Cancer; Comparative keyword analysis; Gender; Linguistics; Resources

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 51849156919     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X0800737X     Document Type: Article

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