The third shift: Health, work and expertise among women with endometriosis

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-206

  Seear, Kate ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Expert patients; Health work; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952645838     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.18.2.194     Document Type: Article

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