Living with a double burden: Meanings of pain for women with fibromyalgia

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Juuso, Päivi ^a   Skär, Lisa ^a   Olsson, Malin ^a   Söderberg, Siv ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Lived experience; Pain; Phenomenological hermeneutics; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874982746     PISSN: 17482623     EISSN: 17482631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v6i3.7184     Document Type: Article

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