"Well now, who's the doctor here?" Boundary-work and transgression in patient and expert knowledges of endometriosis.

Emma Whelan
In: Carleton University · 2001 · doi:10.22215/etd/2001-04707 · W4231818981
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This qualitative study explores the boundary-work and knowledge transgressions occurring between patients and experts regarding endometriosis.

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