The threatened self: Considerations of time, place, and uncertainty in advanced illness

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 351-373

  Nanton, Veronica ^a   Munday, Dan ^a   Dale, Jeremy ^a   Mason, Bruce ^b   Kendall, Marilyn ^b   Murray, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

advanced illness; ethnography; intersectionality; narrative type; personal identity; serial interviews; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84952361679     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: 20448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12172     Document Type: Article

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