Self-reflection as a means for personal transformation: An analysis of women's life stories living with a chronic disease

Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Prodinger, Birgit ^a   Stamm, Tanja Alexandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Feminist critiques on health care; Gender; Narratives; Rheumatoid arthritis; Secondary analysis; Standpoint theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957320038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14385627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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