| Title |
Lėtinės ligos naratyvas: ligos patyrimo prasmės ir tapatumo paieškos / |
| Another Title |
The narrative of chronic illness: a search for meaning and identity. |
| Authors |
Jasiukevičiūtė, Toma |
| DOI |
10.15388/STEPP.2012.0.1852 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Socialinė teorija, empirija, politika ir praktika.. Vilnius : Vilnaius universiteto leidykla. 2012, Nr. 6, p. 138-150.. ISSN 1648-2425. eISSN 2345-0266 |
| Abstract [eng] |
The narrative of chronic illness, which works as therapeutic instrument and as a way of constructing the meaning, and the identity issues in this context attain quite much attention in Western modern and post-modern health sociology. In Lithuania this topic is analyzed less, therefore the aim of this article is to discuss the role of the chronic illness narrative in the dynamics of the illness, with the special focus on the expression of an identity and the importance of creating of a personal meaning. The concept of illness narrative and features of the identity’s changes in the process of creating a narrative of illness are discussed in this article. The development of researches related with the topic of illness narrative and identity as well as its theoretical and methodological aspects are represented. The relation between body’s and social dimensions of identity in the process of a chronic illness are revealed. The concept of narrative is introduced as a reflective way to reconstruct ones identity while recovering from chronic illness and also the narrative is represented as therapeutic tool, which supports psychological, social and spiritual recovery. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilnaius universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2012 |
| CC license |
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