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Emily's Toe: Vermont Women Conceptualize Health and Work Through Illness

Berg, Carolee

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Title
Emily's Toe: Vermont Women Conceptualize Health and Work Through Illness
Author(s)
Berg, Carolee
Issue Date
1997
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Keller, Janet
Department of Study
Anthropology
Discipline
Anthropology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Women's Studies
Language
eng
Abstract
This study is significant for several reasons. It shows how a conceptual model of health operates in a situation of illness and in so doing illuminates how an individual makes sense of what she is experiencing. The results of this study has implications for understanding utilization patterns in health care. This information can be used by policy makers as they work on designing health are delivery programs. And, this study is significant because it adds knowledge about health beliefs to medical studies and the health care paradigm.
Graduation Semester
1997
Type of Resource
text
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