title: Understanding the illness experience.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pearson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003142:Communication; D004324:Drama; D005086:Existentialism / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D033262:Narration; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research