New directions in the sociology of chronic and disabling conditions : assaults on the lifeworld /

New directions in the sociology of chronic and disabling conditions : assaults on the lifeworld /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Description:	xiii, 233 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	People with disabilities. Disabilities. Disabilities. People with disabilities.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8059106

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Other authors / contributors:	Scambler, Graham. Scambler, Sasha Jane.
ISBN:	9780230222700 (hardback) 0230222706 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book charts the new directions in theory and research in disability studies, giving purpose and shape to the emerging confluence of ideas between traditionally opposed groups"--Provided by publisher.

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Summary:	Bringing together disability theorists and medical sociologists for the first time in this cutting-edge collection, contributors examine chronic illness and disability, disability theory, doctor-patient encounters, lifeworld issues and the new genetics.
Physical Description:	xiii, 233 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780230222700 0230222706