Research view
| Title: | Nerves and psychosomatic illness: the case of Um Ramadan. |
| Author: | Krieger-L |
| Abstract: |
Belief in the unity of mind and body among poor working class women in metropolitan Cairo is exemplified by the "state of being upset." The Egyptian women of this study use physical symptoms that they believe derive from emotional causes to negotiate and
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| Journal: | Health-Care-Women-Int. 1989; 10(2-3): 181-93 |