'Perfect skin', the media and patients with skin disease: A qualitative study of patients with acne, psoriasis and atopic eczema

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-185

  Magin, Parker ^a   Adams, Jon ^b   Heading, Gaynor ^c   Pond, Dimity ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

acne vulgaris; mass media

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSORIASIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BEAUTY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958189895     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY10047     Document Type: Article

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