'I am not the kind of woman who complains of everything': illness stories on self and shame in women with chronic pain.

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Social Science & Medicine (1967)

• Publication date

  2004-09-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/J.SOCSCIMED.2003.12.001PMID 15186903
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