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Being believed and believing in : the impact of delegitimation on person centred care for people with chronic back pain (2012)
Thesis
Howarth, M. Being believed and believing in : the impact of delegitimation on person centred care for people with chronic back pain. (Thesis). University of Salford

Chronic back pain is an under researched area; the complexities of unseen pain in particular, present challenges to the sociological assumptions made about the concept of 'sickness'. The lack of Visible' signs and symptoms means that some people ar... Read More about Being believed and believing in : the impact of delegitimation on person centred care for people with chronic back pain.

Stories of self harm : a critical approach to the existing evidence base and the proposal of alternative perspectives (2009)
Thesis
Allen, S. Stories of self harm : a critical approach to the existing evidence base and the proposal of alternative perspectives. (Thesis). University of Salford

The initial aim of the study was to consider the health promoting and survival function of self harm. However, this evolved and became increasingly concerned with the storied lives of people who self harm and in challenging dominant discourses that... Read More about Stories of self harm : a critical approach to the existing evidence base and the proposal of alternative perspectives.

Being believed and beleiving in: the impact of delegitimation on person centred care for people with chronic back pain
Thesis
Howarth, M. Being believed and beleiving in: the impact of delegitimation on person centred care for people with chronic back pain. (Thesis). University of Salford

Chronic back pain is an under researched area; the complexities of unseen pain in particular, present challenges to the sociological assumptions made about the concept of ‘sickness’. The lack of ‘visible’ signs and symptoms means that some people are... Read More about Being believed and beleiving in: the impact of delegitimation on person centred care for people with chronic back pain.