Cited by 3,960Qualitative research in healthRheumatoid Arthritis Research and TherapiesMedicine, History, and Philosophy

Chronic illness as biographical disruption

Bury, Michael·1982·Sociology of Health & Illness

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The paper is based on semi-structured interviews with a series of rheumatoid arthritis patients. Chronic illness is conceptualised as a particular type of disruptive event. This disruption highlights the resources (cognitive and material) available to individuals, modes of explanation for pain and suffering, continuities and discontinuities between professional and lay thought, and sources of variation in experience.

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  • All illnesses are socially constructed at the experiential level, based on how individuals come to understand and live with their illness.

    “Second, all illnesses are socially constructed at the experiential level, based on how individuals come to understand and live with their illness.”

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Authors
Bury, M.
Affiliations
Bedford College (GB)
Corresponding author
Bury, Michael
Venue
Sociology of Health & Illness
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1982-07
Volume
4
Issue
2
Pages
167-182
ISSN
  • 0141-9889 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-9566
OpenAlex
W2171810782
Cited by
3,960
References
0
Citations by year
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FWCI
29.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Sociology of Health & Illness (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative research in health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rheumatology › Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Medicine, History, and Philosophy
Keywords
chronic disease, rheumatoid arthritis, biographical disruption, disruptive events, illness experience, pain and suffering, cognitive resources, material resources, life course
MeSH terms
Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Chronic Disease, England, Humans, Sociology, Medical

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