Morbid curiosity? Discussion of the disposal of amputated limbs on online question and answer sites
| Autor: | Esmée Hanna |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Questions and answers
media_common.quotation_subject medicine.medical_treatment Identity (social science) Health Informatics disposal Health Online lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics health online Disposal 03 medical and health sciences Internet mediated communication 0302 clinical medicine Health Information Management medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Sociology Amputation media_common Original Research 030504 nursing Health Policy Taboo Computer Science Applications internet-mediated communication Aesthetics lcsh:R858-859.7 Curiosity Thematic analysis 0305 other medical science Topic areas question and answer sites |
| Zdroj: | Digital Health Digital Health, Vol 5 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2055-2076 |
| Popis: | Amputation is a growing health issue with implications for the corporeal form and sense of bodily identity. Disposal of the removed limb (the amputate) has historically been suggested to impact on patient adaptation to amputation, although understandings of limb disposal are scarce within existing research. The growth of online question and answer sites has created opportunities for social actors to post and respond to a vast array of topic areas, including those that are seen as morbid or taboo. This paper then explores the discussion of amputate disposal within threads from two popular question and answer sites. Using thematic analysis, the paper examines how perceived ownership of limbs, understanding of the amputate as ‘waste’ and recourse to grotesque humour are key means by which limb disposal is discussed within these sites. Posters then create a new knowledge around the disposal of limbs, albeit one framed by uncertainty. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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