Neurofibromatosis type 1 and the "elephant man's" disease: The confusion persists: An ethnographic study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Legendre, Claire Marie ^a   Charpentier Côté, Catherine ^a   Drouin, Régen ^a   Bouffard, Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; WELLBEING; CONFUSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; LITERATURE; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CONFUSION; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITERATURE; MALE; MASS MEDIA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PERCEPTION; PROTEUS SYNDROME; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 79951797294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016409     Document Type: Article

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