Actors, patients and agency: A recent history

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 163-174

  Armstrong, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Autonomy; Behaviour; Patients

Indexed keywords

AGENCY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMY; BEHAVIOR; HISTORY; HUMAN; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGENCY; AUTONOMY; BEHAVIOUR; PATIENTS;

HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SICK ROLE;

EID: 84894050948     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12100     Document Type: Article

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