Negotiating Health Care: The Social Context of Chronic Illness

by Sally E. Thorne

Book Overview

The findings of a large qualitative research project which studied the experiences of the chronically ill within the health care system are presented here. Thorne demonstrates the vast difference between chronic and acute illness in terms of their social and health care consequences.

The book is divided into three sections: the first examines how patients handle the onset of diseases and acute episodes; the second explores the relationship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803949189
• ISBN13: 9780803949188
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"