"The Western Gaze"-An Analysis of Medical Research Publications Concerning the Expressions of Depression, Focusing on Ethnicity and Gender

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-112

  Lehti, Arja Helena ^a   Johansson, Eva E ^a   Bengs, Carita ^a   Danielsson, Ulla ^a   Hammarstrom, Anne ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPING; WESTERN WORLD; WOMEN;

EID: 77949376129     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330903067861     Document Type: Article

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