Theorising inequalities in the experience and management of chronic illness: Bringing social networks and social capital back in (critically)

Research in the Sociology of Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue , 2007, Pages 15-42

  Sanders, Caroline ^a   Rogers, Anne ^a  

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EID: 37249003279     PISSN: 02754959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-4959(07)00002-6     Document Type: Review

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