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illness narrative: a standalone construct

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Medical sociology

the story a patient tells, and others retell, to give coherence to the experience of suffering and its meaning.

In medical sociology, illness narrative refers to the story a patient tells, and others retell, to give coherence to the experience of suffering and its meaning. This meaning comes from Kleinman (1988) in The illness narratives.[1]

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References

Kleinman, A. (1988). The illness narratives. Basic Books. ISBN 9780465032020

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