Embodied minds, restless spirits: Mid-life rural women speak of their health

Women and Health

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 97-112

  Thurston, Wilfreda E ^a,b   Meadows, Lynn M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compositional effects; Contextual effects; Dualism; Mid life; Rural; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGING; ALBERTA; ANECDOTES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 8644246026     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v39n03_07     Document Type: Article

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