From Patient to Agent: collective practices and identity work in an emotional community

Susan Dunnett; D. Brownlie; P. Hewer

From Patient to Agent: collective practices and identity work in an emotional community

Susan Dunnett, D. Brownlie, P. Hewer

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The diagnosis of serious illness creates a fissure from the known self. How do individuals cope with their new role as patients and how could healthcare services better-serve the ill? When the dark-side of ‘empowerment’ rears its head how do consumers negotiate the burden of high stakes choices?

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	Advances in Consumer Research Conference 2010 - Jacksonville, Florida, United States Duration: 1 Nov 2010 → …

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Conference	Advances in Consumer Research Conference 2010
Country/Territory	United States
City	Jacksonville, Florida
Period	1/11/10 → …

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