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| Illness in the context of older age: the case of stroke | | Author(s) | Pandora Pound, Patrick Gompertz, Shah Ebrahim |
| Journal title | Sociology of Health & Illness, vol 20, no 4, July 1998 |
| Pages | pp 489-506 |
| Keywords | Stroke ; Chronic illness ; Attitude ; Older people ; Adults ; London. |
| Annotation | Stroke is popularly viewed as an illness which shatters lives. The discourse of shattered lives, articulated more generally within the sociological literature on chronic illness as 'biographical disruption' is explored with reference to the experience of a sample of 40 predominantly older, working class people living in the East End of London. Findings from interviews revealed that the majority of the participants tended to underplay the effects of the stroke on their lives. Older people in particular tended to accept stroke more pragmatically than younger people. The authors conclude that it is likely that older age mediates the way in which chronic illness is experienced and responded to. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980715405 A |
| Classmark | CQA: CI: DP: B: SD: 82L |
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