On being credibly ill: Class and gender in illness stories among welfare officers and clients with medically unexplained symptoms

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-40

  Mik Meyer, Nanna ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Class; Gender; Identity; Illness; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958129748     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2011.20.1.28     Document Type: Article

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