Doing or Undoing Gender? An Explorative Study of Gender, Activities, and Well-being among People with Mental Illness Attending Day Centers in Sweden

Society and Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 218-233

  Eklund, Lisa ^a   Eklund, Mona ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

activity; gender; mental illness; regulatory regimes; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993729241     PISSN: 21568693     EISSN: 21568731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156869314568201     Document Type: Article

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