‘Fixing my life’: young people’s everyday efforts towards recovery from persistent bodily complaints
| Autor: | Mette Bech Risør, Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang, Maria Fredriksen Kvamme, Trond Waage |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Adult
Male Subjectivity medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Norwegian Young Adult Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) medicine Humans Psychiatry VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin sosialmedisin: 801 Norway Anthropology Medical Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Medically unexplained General Medicine Self Concept language.human_language Self Care Medically Unexplained Symptoms Anthropology Self care language Female VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine Social medicine: 801 Psychology Attitude to Health |
| Popis: | Little is known about the perspectives of young people suffering from medically unexplained symptoms. This study aims to explore the experiences and strategies of young Norwegians related to incipient and persistent health complaints affecting everyday life functioning. The study draws on field notes, video material and interview transcripts from a multi-sited ethnographic study of healthcare services and select schools in a small Norwegian town between 2015 and 2016. A central theme is the emphasis upon social and existential constraints seemingly framed by a social imaginary of youth rather than a medical imaginary, and their active engagements to 'fix' their lives through what we identify as two main modalities of self-care. Navigating temporal and relational aspects of sociocultural configurations of youth in their social environments, they imagine and enact alternative qualifying positions better adapted to constraints, personal preferences and needs. Our findings may add to understandings of the needs and strategies of young sufferers of medically unexplained symptoms, relevant for health and social care encounters. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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