Menopause narratives: The interplay of womens embodied experiences with biomedical discourses

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 805-815

  Hyde, Abbey ^a   Nee, Jean ^a   Howlett, Etaoine ^a   Drennan, Jonathan ^a   Butler, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Embodiment bodily experiences; Ethnography; Interviews; Ireland; Irish people; Medicalization; Medicine; Womens health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION;

EID: 77951881405     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310363126     Document Type: Article

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