On the narration of illness and handicap

Journal/Book: Psychother Psychosom Med Psyc. 1998; 48: P O Box 30 11 20, D-70451 Stuttgart, Germany. Georg Thieme Verlag. 108-113.

Abstract: The article argues for a narrative approach to subjective experience of illness and disability. Within the epistemological framework of discursive psychology, narrative presentations in social contexts are regarded as interactive practices of identity constitution and coping in the course of autobiographical construction. Possible contributions of a narratological approach to research on illness experience and coping as well as therapeutic and didactic consequences are discussed.

Note: Article LuciusHoene G, Univ Freiburg, ABT Rehabil Psychol, Inst Psychol, D-79085 Freiburg, GERMANY

Keyword(s): narratology; illness experience; disability; coping

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