Sociology of Health & Illness

The methodology of Focus Groups: the importance of interaction between research participants

Jenny Kitzinger · 1994 · 3.8K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Sociology, Group Dynamics +11

Chronic illness as biographical disruption

Michael Bury · 1982 · 3.8K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Psychology, Health Psychology +13

Loss of self: a fundamental form of suffering in the chronically ill

Kathy Charmaz · 1983 · 1.8K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Psychiatry, Psychology +14

The rise of surveillance medicine

David Armstrong · 1995 · 1.1K citations

Public Health, Health Sciences, Clinical Medicine +7

The genesis of chronic illness: narrative re‐construction

Gareth Williams · 1984 · 861 citations · Full text

Humanities, Anthropology, Narrative Studies +12