Kathy Charmaz

Good Days, Bad Days

The Self in Chronic Illness and Time

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A compelling book on chronic illness and the effect it has on the self-concepts of those who suffer. It will appeal to anyone facing a long-term problem that seems beyond control. Kathy Charmaz's work is based on interviews with people suffering from such diseases as cancer, multiple sclerosis, and arthritis, and with their caregivers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None edition
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780813519678
• ISBN-10: 0813519675
• Artikelnr.: 21412988

Autorenporträt

Kathy C Charmaz

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
Part I. Experiencing Chronic Illness
2. Chronic Illness as Interruption
3. Intrusive Illness
4. Immersion in Illness
Part II. Problems in Everyday Life
5. Disclosing Illness
6. Living with Chronic Illness
Part III. Illness, the Self, and Time
7. Time Perspectives and Time Structures
8. Timemarkers and Turning Points
9. The Self in Time
10. Lessons from the Experience of Illness
Epilogue
Methodological Appendix
Notes
Glossary
References
Index