Narratives of Health - Lecture Two

Question 1

Who created the illness narratives?

Answer 1

Arthur Frank

Question 2

Restitution narrative

Answer 2

Yesterday fine, today sick, tomorrow better. attractive story, uplifting

Question 3

Chaos narrative

Answer 3

And then and then and then… A whirlpool effect

Question 4

Quest narrative

Answer 4

Go through a journey of suffering and route to fix it and find a solution

Question 5

Testimonial narrative

Answer 5

Stories that remove the bad parts of the illness, only mentioning the good parts.

Question 6

Pilgrimage

Answer 6

Going to a far place to understand a familiar one better, it is a journey to find something

Question 7

Anthropologist OF medicine

Answer 7

An anthropologist who looks at trends and society in order to improve the healthcare systems currently in place

Question 8

Håkanson & Öhlén 2016 topic

Answer 8

Homeless Peoples narrative

Question 9

Three key stories told in the Homeless Peoples narrative

Answer 9

Chaos stories

Question 10

Three timelines of chaos stories in the Homeless Peoples narrative

Answer 10

Falling ill - Only reliant on self
Being ill - Neglected and rejected by healthcare
The future - dark where death is a release

Question 11

Outcome of the Homeless Peoples narrative

Answer 11

Consistent story of chaos where the author suggests a person centred approach. The definition of what a functioning body and suffering are all relative to circumstances of the participants. You need to be informed about living individual conditions and other aspects to treat patients better. Lacked control in health-care professions hands. Empathy