A bad case of the flu?: The comparative phenomenology of depression and somatic illness

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 198-218

  Ratcliffe, Matthew ^a   Broome, Matthew ^a   Smith, Benedict ^a   Bowden, Hannah ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bodily experience; Depression; Inflammation; Phenomenology; Somatic illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881234254     PISSN: 13558250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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