Troubled bodies - Troubled men: A narrative analysis of men's stories of chronic muscle pain

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 1765-1773

  Ahlsen, Birgitte ^a   Mengshoel, Anne M ^a   Solbrække, Kari N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chronic muscle pain; Gender; Masculinity; Norway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NECK PAIN; NORWAY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84865392200     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2012.660601     Document Type: Article

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