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Good Days, Bad Days: The Self in Chronic Illness and Time

Brenda Silverman
- 01 Jan 1993 - 
- Vol. 11, Iss: 1, pp 20
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This article is published in Clinical Sociology Review.The article was published on 1993-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 691 citations till now.

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The Social Construction of Illness Key Insights and Policy Implications

TL;DR: The roots of this perspective are traced, three overarching constructionist findings are presented, and fruitful directions for policy-relevant research in a social constructionist tradition are discussed.
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TL;DR: The burden of treatment for many people with complex, chronic, comorbidities reduces their capacity to collaborate in their care, and care must be less disruptive to be effective.
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