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Carolyn L. Wiener Marylin J. Dodd
1930 to present 1946 to present

Theory of Illness Trajectory

Janice Penrod, Lisa Kitko, and Gwen McGhan

“The uncertainty surrounding a chronic illness like cancer is the uncertainty
of life writ large. By listening to those who are tolerating this exaggerated
uncertainty, we can learn much about the trajectory of living”
(Wiener & Dodd, 1993, p. 29).

Credentials and Background Wiener is currently emeritus professor in the
of the Theorists Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at
the School of Nursing at UCSF. Her research has
Carolyn L. Wiener focused on organization in health care institutions,
Carolyn L. Wiener was born in 1930 in San Francisco. chronic illness, and health policy. She has taught
She earned her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary qualitative research methods, mentored nursing
social science from San Francisco State University in and sociology students and visiting scholars at
1972. Wiener received her master’s degree in sociol- UCSF, and conducted numerous seminars and
ogy from the University of California, San Francisco workshops, nationally and internationally, on the
(UCSF) in 1975. She remained at UCSF to pursue her grounded theory method.
doctorate in sociology, and she completed her Ph.D. Throughout her career, Wiener’s excellence earned
in 1978. After receiving her Ph.D., Wiener accepted her several meritorious awards and honors. In 2001, she
the position of assistant research sociologist at UCSF, gave the opening lecture in an international series enti-
where she remained for her entire professional career, tled “Critiquing Health Improvement” at Nottingham
attaining the rank of full professor in 1999. University School of Nursing in England. Also in 2001,

Photo credit: Robert Foothorap. From (2001). The UCSF School of Nursing Annual Publication, The Science of Caring, 13(1), 7.
Photo credit: Craig Carlson.

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