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Lay Conception of Illness

By: Maribel Plasencia, Lindsay Labrecque, Andrew Ninnemann & Gregory L. Stuart
In: Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide
Edited by: Andrew Scull
Subject:Sociology of Health & Illness, Clinical Psychology (general)

Cultural definitions of normality in a given society directly influence that society's perception of what constitutes an illness. Controversies arise when seeking a uniform definition of normality both within and across cultural delineations. Cultural standards are important as they ...

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  Plasencia, M., Labrecque, L., Ninnemann, A. & Stuart, G. (2014). Lay conception of illness. In A. Scull (Ed.), Cultural sociology of mental illness: An A-to-Z guide (Vol. 1, pp. 454-455). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781483346342.n168
  
  Plasencia, Maribel, Lindsay Labrecque, Andrew Ninnemann and Gregory L. Stuart. "Lay Conception of Illness." In Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide, edited by Andrew Scull, 454-455. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. doi: 10.4135/9781483346342.n168.
  
  Plasencia, M, Labrecque, L, Ninnemann, A & Stuart, G 2014, 'Lay conception of illness', in Scull, A (ed.), Cultural sociology of mental illness: an a-to-z guide, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 454-455, viewed 23 September 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781483346342.n168.
  
  Plasencia, Maribel, et al. "Lay Conception of Illness." Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide. Ed. Andrew Scull. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. 454-455. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 23 Sep. 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781483346342.n168.
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