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The body in health and illness
1International Institute for Qualitative Research, University of Alberta, Canada.
Qualitative Health Research
|March 20, 2003
Abstract:
In this keynote address, the author discusses perception of the body in the context of chronic illness compared with that of health. She describes changes that occur in illness with respect to time, space, morality, aesthetics, morality, technology, information, and interpersonal relationships using examples from her research, and explores the construction of illness and health identities.