What are health identities and how may we study them?

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1007-1021

  Fox, Nick J ^a,b   Ward, Katie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deleuze; Identity; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BODY IMAGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SELF PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55849120234     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01093.x     Document Type: Article

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