Module 1 Flashcards
what are the four key storylines from Frank’s work?
chaos
quest
restitution
testimonial
most illness stories have a combination of which narratives?
all four narratives, interwoven
what are health narratives?
an active process drawing on personal and cultural resources.
What is a restitution story?
yesterday I was healthy but today I am sick and tomorrow I will be better
What is an example of a restitution story?
a common cold, sick then better
what is the ideal narrative for a medical professional?
a restitution story
what is the active character in restitution stories?
medication or the treatment modality. biomedicine is triumphant
What are chaos stories?
the stories from people who have no distance from their illness in their life
what kind of story development does chaos narrative follow?
and then…and then….
what could a chaos story be compared to?
a whirlpool, these stories belong to a sufferer
what are quest stories?
stories with a departure date, an initiation period and then a return - like stages of a journey
how is the self constructed in a quest story?
constructed heroically and key characteristics are endurance and forbearance
what is central in a quest story?
the experience of suffering is central to the initial quest
what is an example of a quest story?
a person recovering from alcoholics anonymous
what is the reading Hakanson and Ohlen about?
telling the stories of homeless people a Swedish community
What are the three timelines in Hakanson and Ohlen?
falling ill
being ill
the future
what are testimonial stories?
testimonial stories about a certain product
what is the point of testimonial stories?
pressing you to witness and to believe excluding information that contradicts their key storyline
what is illness described by Kleinman?
to become temporarily demoralised with ones world
what is the nature of illness by helman?
illness can be thought of as a type of misfortune which brings on a subjective experience of physical and emotional change