Is anybody there? Critical realism, chronic illness and the disability debate

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 797-819

  Williams, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body; Chronic illness; Critical realism; Disability; Postmodernism; Society

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033216619     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00184     Document Type: Article

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