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'This really explains my case!': biographical reconstruction of Japanese people with fibromyalgia me...

'This really explains my case!': biographical reconstruction of Japanese people with fibromyalgia me...

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'This really explains my case!': biographical reconstruction of Japanese people with fibromyalgia meeting peers

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Full title

'This really explains my case!': biographical reconstruction of Japanese people with fibromyalgia meeting peers

Publisher

Abingdon: Taylor & Francis

Journal title

Health sociology review, 2016-01, Vol.25 (1), p.62-77

Language

English

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Abingdon: Taylor & Francis

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Contents

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a controversial disorder with an unknown organic basis, so the legitimacy of the disease is controversial. People with FM struggle to explain their 'invisible' illness and to reconstruct their biographies. This study focuses on the significance of self-help groups (SHGs) in the process of reconstructing biographies of persons w...

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'This really explains my case!': biographical reconstruction of Japanese people with fibromyalgia meeting peers

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1878797743

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1878797743

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ISSN

1446-1242

E-ISSN

1839-3551

DOI

10.1080/14461242.2015.1098559

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