Gebundenes Buch

Living with Chronic Illness

The Experience of Patients and Their Families

Herausgeber: Anderson, Robert; Bury, Michael

Beschreibung

First published in 1988, the book presents a vivid account of the reality of life with chronic illness-from perspective of patients and their families. It looks at expectations, priorities and problems of those most affected by chronic illness and examines strategies they have developed to cope with their considerable disadvantages.

Autor

Robert Anderson, at the time of the first publication, was Senior Research Officer at the Institute for Social Studies in Medical Care, London, UK. Michael Bury is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the Royal Holloway University of London, UK. His research interests are in medical sociology, the study of chronic illness and disability, ageing, and the health and quality of life among older people, and cultural dimensions of health and medicine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 480g
• ISBN-13: 9781032831824
• ISBN-10: 1032831820
• Artikelnr.: 70339865