Symptoms into words: how medical patients talk about fatigue
(2015)
Book Chapter
Standen, P., Ward, C. D., Saunders, L., & Beer, C. (2015). Symptoms into words: how medical patients talk about fatigue. In C. D. Ward (Ed.), Meanings of ME: interpersonal and social dimensions of chronic fatigue (67-85). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137467324_7
Fatigue, which is the central symptom of CFS/ME, is notoriously difficult to define. We describe an investigation in which we raise two questions. First, does the way people use fatigue-related language reflect distinctive patterns? Second, is there... Read More about Symptoms into words: how medical patients talk about fatigue.