Chorowanie na łuszczycę i atopowe zapalenie skóry jako podróż w nieznane
Suffering from Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis as a Journey into the Unknown
Author(s): Jan FrydrychSubject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural history, Psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: medical anthropology; narrative about illness; psoriasis; atopic dermatitis; Arthur Frank; typology of narrative about illness; illness as a journey
Summary/Abstract: This article has been based on the MA thesis “Suffering from Psoriasis and AtopicDermatitis in the Context of Medical Anthropology”. I discuss typology of narrative aboutArthur Frank’s illness. With its aid and a metaphor of illness as a journey he used, I describethe experience of suffering from two chronic illnesses – psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. Inthis way, I attempt to present complexity of the experience of suffering from both illnesses,their multi-level impact on life of the ill and the ways they work out to cope with them.
Journal: Przegląd Humanistyczny
- Issue Year: 458/2017
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 131-144
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish
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