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Illness narratives : collecting /

Interviews, ethnographies, visual methodologies, and autoethnographies have been widely used in social and clinical sciences to collect illness narratives from patients, care givers, and health-care professionals. This entry provides an overview of theories and methods relevant to collecting illness...

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Main Author: Vougioukalou, Sofia (Author)
Other Authors: Atkinson, Paul, 1947- (Editor), Delamont, Sara, 1947- (Editor), Cernat, Alexandru (Editor), Sakshaug, Joseph W. (Editor), Williams, Richard A., active 2020 (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : SAGE Publications Ltd., 2020.
Subjects:
Anthropology.
Health.
Sociology.
Anthropologie.
Santé.
Sociologie.
anthropology.
health.
sociology.
Anthropology
Health
Sociology
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Interviews, ethnographies, visual methodologies, and autoethnographies have been widely used in social and clinical sciences to collect illness narratives from patients, care givers, and health-care professionals. This entry provides an overview of theories and methods relevant to collecting illness narratives with a particular focus on chronic conditions. It also discusses sensitivities and controversies associated with narrative enquiry.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781529748550
1529748550
9781526421036
1526421038