| Description |
1 online resource (147 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Editors' preface; The medical conception of epilepsy; Becoming a patient: aspects of care; Lay concepts of epilepsy and stigma; Strategies for coping and their effects; The impact of epilepsy on family life; Epilepsy, work, and disadvantage; Understanding epilepsy better; References; Name index; Subject index |
| Summary |
Drawing on patients' accounts, Graham Scambler examines the experience of both epilepsy and the stigma that can accompany it and illuminates the contribution that social science can make to understanding and managing the illness |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203978993 |
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0203978994 |
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