The empowered patient and the sociologist

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 280-287

  Andreassen, Hege K ^a   Trondsen, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

constructivism; medical sociology; patient empowerment; realism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955440817     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2010.9     Document Type: Article

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