POPH192 Lecture 2 - The stories we tell Flashcards
1
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stories of health and illness can be
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collective, singular, culturally specific and they need a point
2
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purpose of stories of health and illness
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an active process drawing on personal and cultural resources that mediate between the inner and outer world to provoke strong reactions
3
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what are restitution stories?
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- associated with the recently ill
- compelling because they are often true
- the active character in this story is the medication or treatment modality
- if the treatment fails then the story fails
4
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what are chaos stories?
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- from people who are consumed by their illness
- follow the outline: ‘and then… and then… and then’
- difficult to listen to because they render all treatments pointless
- compared to a whirlpool as these stories only belong to the sufferer
- patient is no longer coherent
5
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what are quest stories?
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- the storyline provides stages of a journey (beginning and end)
- experience of suffering is central to the initial quest but it is by learning the integrity of suffering that is the point of the story
- can be told as chaos stories but flipped around to a journey in a new light
6
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what are testimonial stories?
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- stories pressing you to witness and to believe b excluding information that contradicts their key storyline
- can be misrepresenting
7
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relationship between illness and the 4 key storylines
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most illness stories combine elements of all 4 key storylines
