Title Negotiating health care : the social context of chronic illness / Sally E. Thorne

Published Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1993] ©1993

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MELB	362.1 Tho/Nhc		AVAILABLE

Description x, 264 pages ; 23 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Background to the Chronic Illness Experience -- Part One: The Individual Experience -- Onset and Diagnosis -- Acuity and Chronicity -- Normalcy and Visibility -- Part Two: The Interpersonal Experience -- Relationships With Health Care Providers -- Trust and Confidence -- Part Three: The Institutional Experience -- Confrontations With the Health Care System -- Politics and Ideology -- Response and Resolution -- The Course Ahead Notes Includes indexes Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-253) and indexes Subject Chronic diseases -- Psychological aspects. Chronic diseases -- Social aspects. Chronically ill -- Attitudes. Chronically ill -- Medical care -- Public opinion. Chronically ill -- Public opinion. Medical personnel and patient. Chronic Disease. Delivery of Health Care. Medical care Negotiating. Professional -- Patient Relations LC no. 92048444 ISBN 0803949170 (hbk) 0803949189

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