(Un)doing gender in a rehabilitation context: A narrative analysis of gender and self in stories of chronic muscle pain

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 359-366

  Ahlsen, Birgitte ^a   Bondevik, Hilde ^a   Mengshoel, Anne Marit ^a   Solbrække, Kari Nyheim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Femininity; Gender; Masculinity; Muscles; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC PAIN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYALGIA; NECK PAIN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NOCICEPTION; NORWAY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC PAIN; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYALGIA; NARRATION; NECK PAIN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORWAY; PAIN PERCEPTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84897710413     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2013.793750     Document Type: Article

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