The death of the sick role

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 761-776

  Burnham, John C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

desktop medicine; historical change; medical history; patient; sick role

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868005542     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hks018     Document Type: Article

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