In sickness and in health: Influences of social categorizations on health-related outcomes

The Social Cure: Identity, Health and Well-Being

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 75-95

  Claire, Lindsay St ^a   Clucas, Claudine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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