Troubling biographical disruption: Narratives of unconcern about hepatitis C diagnosis

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1028-1042

  Harris, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biographical disruption; Diagnosis; Hepatitis C; Meaning; Narrative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 70350503351     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01172.x     Document Type: Article

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