The medicalisation of unhappiness? The management of mental distress in primary care

Constructions of Health and Illness: European Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 124-136

  Shaw, Ian ^a   Woodward, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781351161282-10     Document Type: Chapter

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