1st Edition
Chronic Illness, Vulnerability and Social Work Autoimmunity and the contemporary disease experience
Biography
Liz Price is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Hull, UK. She is a registered social worker and her research interests currently include the lived experience of chronic illness, sexualities and dementia, the sociology of dental intervention and the use of music as a therapeutic tool.
Liz Walker is Reader in Social Work at the University of Hull, UK.She is a registered social worker and medical sociologist. Her research interests are in HIV/AIDS, the sociology of chronic illness and marginal masculinities.
Autoimmune conditions are cruel, hard to recognise and harder still to live with.. The authors speak from their own experiences, enriching their deft weaving of theory, practice and research. The result is a real and rounded account. For social work and social care practitioners there is much food for thought in the authors’ perceptions of social work as a ‘body blind profession’ that needs to ‘think body’ if it is to carve out a space in which it can support people living with autoimmune disorders such as Lupus.
Jill Manthorpe, Professor of Social Work, King’s College London
A fascinating insight into the neglected area of auto immune illness. The authors skillfully weave together personal experience and scholarly research to address the complex ways in which these conditions are experienced and understood.
Julia Twigg, Professor of Social Policy and Sociology, University of Kent
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Sinead Marian D'Silva, University of Leeds, UK
