“Am I in ‘suboptimal health’?”: the narratives and rhetoric in carving out the grey area between health and illness in everyday life

Cheng, L. orcid.org/0000-0002-6684-0999 (2025) “Am I in ‘suboptimal health’?”: the narratives and rhetoric in carving out the grey area between health and illness in everyday life. Sociology of Health & Illness, 47 (2). e70005. ISSN 0141-9889

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Keywords: Humans; Narration; China; Female; Health Status; Anthropology, Cultural; Male; Adult; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Social Media
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  • Published: February 2025
  • Published (online): 28 January 2025
  • Accepted: 10 January 2025
Institution: The University of Sheffield
Academic Units: The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield)
Depositing User: Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited: 04 Feb 2025 15:08
Last Modified: 04 Feb 2025 15:08
Published Version: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.70005
Status: Published
Publisher: Wiley
Refereed: Yes
Identification Number: 10.1111/1467-9566.70005
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