Narrative Medicine tends to leave aside the sickscape, i.e. the social represen- tation of illness. This is a failed opportunity for two reasons: avoiding the sickscape makes ill and illness de-socialized and there is no possibility for managing the stigma that characterizes many diseases: health, disease and death can not be reduced to their organic evidence, because they are influenced by society; social context produces social representation of illness that adversely affect the illness experiences, which are Nbm subject of interest: stigma and its management is particularly complicated in cases of invisible disease. Aim of this contribution is the discussion of these two points.
Titolo: | Tra visibilità e invisibilità: un posto per la sickscape nella medicina narrativa |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2010 |
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Abstract: | Narrative Medicine tends to leave aside the sickscape, i.e. the social represen- tation of illness. This is a failed opportunity for two reasons: avoiding the sickscape makes ill and illness de-socialized and there is no possibility for managing the stigma that characterizes many diseases: health, disease and death can not be reduced to their organic evidence, because they are influenced by society; social context produces social representation of illness that adversely affect the illness experiences, which are Nbm subject of interest: stigma and its management is particularly complicated in cases of invisible disease. Aim of this contribution is the discussion of these two points. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11562/345521 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01.01 Articolo in Rivista |