Negotiating the contested terrain of narrative methods in illness contexts

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 647-660

  Thomas, Carol ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Controversies in narrative research; Illness narratives; Narrative methods; Sociology of health and illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL MEDICINE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; DISEASES;

DISEASE; HUMANS; NARRATION; NEGOTIATING; SOCIAL MEDICINE;

EID: 77954102499     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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