Knowing as practice: Self-care in the case of chronic multi-morbidities

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-120

  Pickard, Susan ^a   Rogers, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

lived body; multi morbidity; primary care; QOF; self care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860465368     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2011.24     Document Type: Article

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