Functions of health fatalism: fatalistic talk as face saving, uncertainty management, stress relief and sense making.

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Published in Sociol Health Illn on April 09, 2009

Authors

Bethany Keeley1, Lanelle Wright, Celeste M Condit

Author Affiliations

1: Speech Communication, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA. bkeeley@uga.edu

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