Life and work with multiple sclerosis (MS): The role of unseen experiential phenomena on unreliable bodies and uncertain lives

Illness Crisis and Loss

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-21

  Vickers, Margaret H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Disability; Employment; Multiple sclerosis; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349512123     PISSN: 10541373     EISSN: 15526968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IL.17.1.b     Document Type: Article

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