Illness
Conversations About Illness: Family Preoccupations With Bulimia
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The grandmother granddaughter conversation examined in this book makes explicit what the detailed study of interaction reveals about two social problems–”bulimia” and “grandparent caregiving.” For the first time, systematic attention is given to interactional activities through which family members display ordinary yet contradictory concerns about health and illness:
* a grandmother’s (who is also a registered nurse) attempts to initiate, confront, and remedy h… More >>