Inviting pain? Pain, dualism and embodiment in narratives of self-injury

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 716-730

  Chandler, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Pain; Self injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MALE; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PAIN; PERSONAL NARRATIVES AS TOPIC; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879606307     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01523.x     Document Type: Article

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