A narrative of resistance: Presentation of self when parenting children with asthma

Communication and Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-37

  Cohn, Ellen S ^a   Cortés, Dharma E ^a   Hook, Julie M ^a   Yinusa Nyahkoon, Leanne S ^a   Solomon, Jeffrey L ^a   Bokhour, Barbara ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Disparities; Identity; Narrative analysis; Patient provider interaction; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PARENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70350052768     PISSN: 16121783     EISSN: 16133625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/cam.v6i1.27     Document Type: Article

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