Is it a (fe)male pain? Portuguese nurses' and laypeople's gendered representations of common pains

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 530-539

  Bernardes, S F ^a   Silva, S A ^a   Carvalho, H ^a   Costa, M ^a   Pereira, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NURSE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH PAIN; URINARY TRACT PAIN;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PAIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84898917667     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2013.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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