Identity and Illness

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 505-525

  Lively, Kathryn J ^a   Smith, Carrie L ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Identity Theory; Illness Experience; Mental Illness; Role Identity; Social Role

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125943439     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7261-3_26     Document Type: Chapter

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