Indian and Pakistani Men's accounts of seeking medical help for cardiac chest pain in the United Kingdom: Constructions of marginalised masculinity or another version of hegemonic masculinity?

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-139

  Galdas, Paul M ^a   Cheater, Francine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Ethnicity; Gender; Help seeking health behaviours; Masculinities; Men's health

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952928051     PISSN: 14780887     EISSN: 14780895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14780880802571168     Document Type: Article

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