Having Epilepsy - The Experience and Control of Illness

Based on the interviews with eighty people who have epilepsy, this book presents an account of what it is like to cope with a chronic illness, while working, playing, and building relationships. It recounts how people discover they have epilepsy and what it means and how families respond to someone labeled 'epileptic'.

Summary

Based on the interviews with eighty people who have epilepsy, this book presents an account of what it is like to cope with a chronic illness, while working, playing, and building relationships. It recounts how people discover they have epilepsy and what it means and how families respond to someone labeled 'epileptic'.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Conrad, Joseph Schneider, Joseph W. Schneider
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.06.1985
• EAN: 9780877223986
• ISBN: 978-0-87722-398-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 210 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 372 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research