Patient careers in end-stage renal failure
This paper argues that coping with end-stage renal failure can be analysed in terms of status structures. Biographical narratives from 68 cases of British male married patients of working age and data from four follow-ups covering a time period of up to 12 years are interpreted as evidence of structured career patterns. The method of data interpretation is adapted from Max Weber's ideal type venturing a systematic analysis of life-history (qualitative) material.
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1990
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Authors: | Gerhardt, Uta |
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Social Science & Medicine. - Elsevier, ISSN 0277-9536. - Vol. 30.1990, 11, p. 1211-1224
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | biographical research family rehabilitation coping patient careers end-stage renal failure |
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