Grips and ties: Agency, uncertainty, and the problem of suffering in north Karelia

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-69

  Honkasalo, Marja Liisa ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agency; Heart disease; Suffering; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; SEMANTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 67049087672     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2009.01037.x     Document Type: Article

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