Chronic Illness

The New Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 312-333

  Charmaz, Kathy ^a   Rosenfeld, Dana ^b  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bringing bodies and feelings in; Bury's concept of biographical disruption centering on adults; Chronic illness; Chronic illness area of scholarly investigation; Chronically ill persons' and active engagement with illness; From sick role to biographical disruption; Impact of uncertain chronic disease on self; Medicalized environments, medicalized identities and chronic illness; Political economy of care provision for chronically ill; Tracing chronic illness research's exploration and challenging chronic disease in everyday life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889475263     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444314786.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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