New directions in the sociology of chronic and disabling conditions
Subtitle: assaults on the lifeworld
By: edited by Graham Scambler, Sasha Scambler.
Contributors: Scambler, Graham.; Scambler, Sasha Jane.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780230222700
Subjects: People with disabilities; Disabilities
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: The Sociology of Chronic and Disabling Conditions; G. Scambler & S. Scambler; title: Studying the Experience of Chronic Illness Through Grounded Theory; K. Charmaz; title: Medical Sociology and Disability Theory; C. Thomas; title: 'Beyond Models': Understanding the Complexity of Disabled People's Lives; T. Shakespeare & N. Watson; title: 'Where the Biological Predominates': Habitus, Reflexivity and Capital Accrual within the Field of Batten Disease; S. Scambler & P. Newton; title: Discerning Biological, Psychological and Social Mechanisms in the Impact of Epilepsy on the Individual: A Framework and Exploration; G. Scambler, P. Afentouli & C. Selai; title: Retheorizing the Clinical Encounter: Normalization Processes and the Corporate Ecologies of Care; C. May; title: Chronicity, Proto-Stories and the Doctor-Patient Relationship; A. Radley; title: Chronic Illness, Self-Management and the Rhetoric of Empowerment; M. Bury; title: Understanding Incapacity; G. Williams; title: The Biopolitics of Chronic Illness: Biology, Power and Personhood; S. Williams.