No går det på helsa laus : helse, sykdom og risiko for sykdom i to nord-norske kystsamfunn

• Main Author: Anderssen, Jorid
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: Norwegian Bokmål
• Published: Universitetet i Tromsø 1998
• Subjects: Health; Norway; Finnmark; medisinsk; sosiologi; doktoravhandling; samfunnsmedisin; medikalisering; VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine; Social medicine: 801; VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin; sosialmedisin: 801; Finnfjord; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23354

The present thesis shows how ordinary people experience the process of medicalization in their everyday life. The thesis describes how health and iliness is resolved, and how they solve their daily health problems. The data presented is from two villages on the coast of Northern Norway. The study fr...