"I never know from one day to another how I will feel": Pain and uncertainty in women with endometriosis

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 985-995

  Denny, Elaine ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic; General; Lived experience; Pain; Qualitative methods; Stories; Uncertainty; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STORYTELLING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NARRATION; PELVIC PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 67649995811     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309338725     Document Type: Article

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