Making sense of illness : the social psychology of health and disease /

What are people's beliefs about health? What do they do when they feel ill? Why do they go to the doctor? How do they live with chronic disease? This introduction to the social psychology of health and illness addresses these and other questions about how people make sense of illness in everyda...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Radley, Alan, 1946-
Corporate Author: Sage Publications
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : SAGE, 1994.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:What are people's beliefs about health? What do they do when they feel ill? Why do they go to the doctor? How do they live with chronic disease? This introduction to the social psychology of health and illness addresses these and other questions about how people make sense of illness in everyday life, either alone or with the help of others.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 232 pages) : illustrations.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781446222287 (ebook) :