title: Patient careers in end-stage renal failure.
abstract: This paper argues that coping with end-stage renal failure can be analysed in terms of status structures. Biographical narratives from 68 cases of British male married patients of working age and data from four follow-ups covering a time period of up to 12 years are interpreted as evidence of structured career patterns. The method of data interpretation is adapted from Max Weber's ideal type venturing a systematic analysis of life-history (qualitative) material.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Sociology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, F.R.G.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gerhardt
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002322:Career Mobility; D004651:Employment; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D012107:Research Design; D012380:Role