Similarities and Differences between Acute Illness and Injury Narratives and Their Implications for Medical Sociology

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-84

  Rosenfeld, Dana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute illness; disruption; injury; narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247660808     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700064     Document Type: Article

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