Chronic illness as biographical disruption or biographical disruption as chronic illness? Reflections on a core concept
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Issues regarding M.R. Bury's concept of chronic illness as biographical disruption are discussed. The biographically embodied self in late modern times seems to imply a situation of chronic reflexivity in which the body/self is problematized, if not pathologized.
Publication Name: Sociology of Health & Illness
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0141-9889
Year: 2000
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Reason, emotion and embodiment: is 'mental' health a contradiction in terms?
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The author posits that the normal state of the human mental condition is not conducive to theorized characteristics of health. The focus is on the natural fluctuation of emotions versus the stability of reason, and the demands of biology versus the accepted practices of society.
Publication Name: Sociology of Health & Illness
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0141-9889
Year: 2000
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Sociological imperialism and the profession of medicine revisited: where are we now?
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Phil Strong proposed in the late 1970s that 'sociological imperialism' could exaggerate the importance of sociology and social medicine and make these fields self-serving. The social constructionism that has appeared in recent decades must admit that knowledge is socially constructed and that other bodies of knowledge can inform sociology.
Publication Name: Sociology of Health & Illness
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0141-9889
Year: 2001
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