Functions of health fatalism: fatalistic talk as face saving, uncertainty management, stress relief and sense making
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عنوان ژورنال: Sociology of Health & Illness
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0141-9889,1467-9566
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01164.x