'A giant mess' - Making sense of complexity in the accounts of people with fibromyalgia

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 763-781

  Dennis, Nicola L ^a   Larkin, Michael ^a   Derbyshire, Stuart W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885667170     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: 20448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12020     Document Type: Article

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