Uncertainty in medicine: Meanings of menopause and hormone replacement therapy in medical textbooks

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1238-1245

  Niland, Patricia ^a   Lyons, Antonia C ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Hormone replacement therapy; Medical education; Medical textbooks; Medical uncertainty; Menopause; Women's health

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEXTBOOK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THERAPY EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MENOPAUSE; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC; UNCERTAINTY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80053319975     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.07.024     Document Type: Article

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