Being differently the same: The mediation of identity tensions in the sharing of illness experiences

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 546-553

  Mazanderani, Fadhila ^a   Locock, Louise ^b   Powell, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiential knowledge; Identity tensions; Illness experiences; Metaphor; Motor neurone disease; Parkinson's disease; Secondary analysis; Support; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; KNOWLEDGE;

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIENCE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HUMAN; IDENTITY; ILLNESS EXPERIENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NARRATIVE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856367598     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.036     Document Type: Article

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