'I had to go to the hospital and it was freaking me out': Needle phobic encounter space

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 875-884

  Andrews, Gavin J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotional geographies; Health geography; Needle phobia; Trypanophobia

Indexed keywords

HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; IDEOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEAR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEEDLE PHOBIA; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; TRYPANOPHOBIA;

EID: 79958190155     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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