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Chronic illness as biographical disruption
Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.ep11339939
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Bury, M. (1982), Chronic illness as biographical disruption. Sociology of Health & Illness, 4: 167–182. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.ep11339939
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