Stories stirring the quest of the good: narratives of women living with chronic rheumatic conditions

Sissel Alsaker; Staffan Josephsson

doi:10.1080/15017411003711809

Stories stirring the quest of the good: narratives of women living with chronic rheumatic conditions

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 13 (2011): Issue 1

By: Sissel Alsaker and Staffan Josephsson

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017411003711809 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011

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Language: English

Page range: 53 - 70

Submitted on: Jun 4, 2009

Accepted on: Feb 14, 2010

Published on: Oct 1, 2011

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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