The social construction of contested illness legitimacy: A grounded theory analysis

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-251

  Swoboda, Debra A ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Contested illness; Emerging illnesses; Grounded theory; Narratives; Social influences; Social representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846315810     PISSN: 14780887     EISSN: 14780895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1478088706qrp061oa     Document Type: Article

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