'Standing up to the beast': Contradictory notions of control, un/ certainty and risk in the endometriosis self-help literature

Critical Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-58

  Seear, Kate ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EMPOWERMENT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CONTROL; SELF HELP; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 67650645852     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590802011625     Document Type: Article

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