Applying Bourdieu's theory to accounts of living with multimorbidity

Chronic Illness

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 89-101

  Townsend, Anne ^a  

^a ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTRE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; chronic illness; habitus; illness narratives; multimorbidity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MORBIDITY; NARRATIVE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84861034564     PISSN: 17423953     EISSN: 17459206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742395311420178     Document Type: Article

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