'Chaos, restitution and quest': One woman's journey through menopause

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 994-1009

  Nosek, Marcianna ^a   Kennedy, Holly Powell ^b   Gudmundsdottir, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos; Discourse; Distress; Menopause; Narrative analysis; Quest

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONHOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL HEALING; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONHOOD; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864581190     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01453.x     Document Type: Article

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