Abstract
This dissertation chronicles the complexity of chronic illness experience in a western biomedically-oriented health care system. It combines an exhaustive description of what it is like to be chronically ill in the current social context with an analysis of the implications of health care service delivery structures and ideologies for shaping that experience. In so doing, it applies an account of the chronic illness experience toward an understanding of some inherent flaws underlying modern health care delivery systems. The methodology for this research applies secondary analysis to an extensive data base derived from indepth qualitative investigations of chronically ill individuals and their family members. It represents a naturalistic inquiry into the interrelated phenomena of chronic illness experience and of health care for chronic illness from the perspective of those who are expert witness to both.
Sigma Membership
Xi Eta at-Large
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Other
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Chronic Illness, Community Nursing, Style of Nursing Care
Advisor
Hal Kirshbaum
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
The Union Institute
Degree Year
1990
Recommended Citation
Thorne, Sally, "Navigating troubled waters: Chronic illness experience in a health care crisis" (2020). Dissertations. 1222.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1222
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2020-01-10
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9114014; ProQuest document ID: 303918820. The author still retains copyright.