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1. Illness narratives: fact or fiction?

Author

Bury, Mike

Subjects
Narration (Rhetoric) -- Social aspects, Chronic diseases -- Social aspects, Sick -- Personal narratives, Social medicine -- Methods, Health, Sociology and social work
Abstract

A framework for the analysis of illness narratives is presented, along with a discussion of methodological issues. Topics include the rise of chronic illness and the crisis of bio-medical narratives, form and content in chronic illness narratives, and three narrative forms: contingent, moral and core narratives.

Published
2001

2. Class, stratification and inequalities in health: a comparison of the Registrar-General's Social Classes and the Cambridge Scale

Author

Prandy, Kenneth

Subjects
United Kingdom -- Social aspects, Social classes -- Health aspects, Medical care -- Social aspects, Social medicine -- Methods, Health, Sociology and social work
Abstract

Two measures of social stratification in the UK, the Registrar-General's Social Class schema and the Cambridge Scale, are compared in relation to inequalities in health and mortality. Topics include the conceptualization and measurement of social stratification and the correlations among stratification, lifestyle and disease.

Published
1999

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