Epilepsy / Graham Scambler.
By: Scambler, Graham
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Material type: 
BookSeries: Experience of illness: Publisher: London : Tavistock/Routledge, 1989Description: x, 134 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0415017572 .Subject(s): Epileptics -- PsychologyDDC classification: 362.196853 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 362.196853 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00009816 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 362.196853 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00009817 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Drawing on patients' accounts, Graham Scambler examines the experience of both epilepsy and the stigma that can accompany it and illuminates the contribution that social science can make to understanding and managing the illness.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-130) and indexes.
The medical conception of epilepsy -- Becoming a patient: aspects of care -- Lay concepts of epilepsy and stigma -- Strategies for coping and their effects -- The impact of epilepsy on family life -- Epilepsy, work and disadvantage -- Understanding epilepsy better.