'It's People's Whole Lives': Gender, Class and the Emotion Work of User Involvement in Mental Health Services

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 276-305

  Lewis, Lydia ^a  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion work; Gender; Mental health; Social class; User involvement

Indexed keywords

CLASS; GENDER; HEALTH SERVICES; MASCULINIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84859810359     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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