Neurobiology in public and private discourse: The case of adults with ADHD

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-65

  Bröer, Christian ^a   Heerings, Marjolijn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain; Hyperactivity; Public and personal discourse; Q method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84872775956     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01477.x     Document Type: Article

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