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The tenacity of the coronary candidate: how people with familial hypercholesterolaemia construct raised cholesterol and coronary heart disease.
Health (London, England : 1997) - 1 Jul 2009
Weiner Kate
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This article considers how people with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), an inherited high cholesterol condition, construct FH, high cholesterol and coronary heart disease (CHD). These data are used to explore some of the more prevalent claims about the expansion of genetic explanations for health and illness and its implications. The article draws on 31 interviews with people with FH undertaken at a large...
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