How Does the Social Construction of Illness-Both Specific Illnesses and Illness

question 28

Essay

How does the social construction of illness-both specific illnesses and illness in general-affect the lives of persons who have chronic illnesses?

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LGBT Family

A family unit that includes members who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.

Gender Identities

The various ways in which people identify themselves in relation to the concept of gender, beyond the binary norms of male and female.

Heterosexual Families

Families in which the adults in a parenting role are of different sexes, traditionally recognized as a male-female couple.