The meaning of the diagnosis in the illness trajectory of a person with rheumatic disease: From the uncertainty to biographical disruption
This article seeks to analyze the meaning of the medical diagnosis in the biographies of people who suffer from a rheumatic disease. Based in the ethnographic method, in-depth interviews were carried out among fifteen informants affected by different rheumatic conditions from the City of Barcelona....
Main Author: | Rosa María Osorio Carranza |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Instituto de Salud Colectiva, Universidad Nacional de Lanús
2017-07-01
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Series: | Salud Colectiva |
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Online Access: | http://revistas.unla.edu.ar/saludcolectiva/article/view/1144 |
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