Do men's and women's accounts of surviving a stroke conform to Frank's narrative genres?

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1649-1659

  France, Emma F ^a   Hunt, Kate ^b   Dow, Clare ^b   Wyke, Sally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chronic; experiences; gender; illness and disease; interviews; qualitative; qualitative analysis; research; stroke; unstructured

Indexed keywords

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84887888551     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732313509895     Document Type: Article

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