Job and the stigmatization of chronic pain

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 425-438

  Goldberg, Daniel S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; PAIN; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING;

BIBLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PAIN; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77955936788     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.0.0166     Document Type: Article

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