The Medicalization of Emotions: Happiness and the Role of General Practice

At the Interface: Probing the Boundaries

Volumn 31, Issue , 2007, Pages 43-59

  Woodward, Louise ^a   Shaw, Ian ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84869989123     PISSN: 15707113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/9789401203951_005     Document Type: Chapter

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