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A study of the social meanings of the experience of chronic pain. Kotarba uses data from observation, interviews, field research, and conversations, to show how pain becomes the focal point of the sufferers world. He reviews the medical perspectives and shows how pain affects relationships with family and with doctors. He also charts the general pattern of seeking help outside traditional medicine, and the search to find some reason or significance for the misfortune.
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- PublisherSAGE Publications, Inc
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0803918801
- ISBN 13 9780803918801
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages223
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Chronic Pain : Its Social Dimensions
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SAGE Publications, Incorporated
(1983)
ISBN 10: 0803918801
ISBN 13: 9780803918801
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