Chronic illness, vulnerability and social work : autoimmunity and the contemporary disease experience / Liz Price and Liz Walker.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 'I am my own worst enemy': autoimmunity: diseases of the 'self'; 2 Diagnostic vertigo: naming the illness experience; 3 Patients, professionals and the clinical encounter
making the connections; 4 A life lived with lupus; 5 Foreclosed futures and lost pasts: reconstituting a salvaged self; 6 Digital illness; 7 Situating the family in the experience of chronic illness; 8 Body work in social work; Conclusion; Appendix: notes on research methodology; Index