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Gender and the Language of Illness

By:J. Charteris-Black; C. Seale
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781349307906
eText ISBN:9780230281660
Edition:0
Copyright:2010
Format:Page Fidelity

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An investigation of the influence of gender, social class, age and illness type in the language of people talking about their experiences of illness. It shows evidence of both conformity with and resistance to gender stereotypes.