Managing, making sense of and finding meaning in advanced illness: a qualitative exploration of the coping and wellbeing experiences of patients with lung cancer
This article considers the relevance of SoC theory for understanding the coping experiences of patients with advanced cancer, and identifies resources and factors likely to support patient coping, with implications for health and social care services. (Source: Sociology of Health and Illness)
Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - October 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Emily Harrop, Simon Noble, Michelle Edwards, Stephanie Sivell, Barbara Moore, Annmarie Nelson Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
‘Everyone assumes a man to be quite strong’: Men, masculinity and rheumatoid arthritis: A case‐study approach
Abstract
Current literature has overlooked the impact of chronic illness on masculine identity. We therefore aimed to investigate the impact of rheumatoid arthritis (a long term condition, affecting more women than men) on masculine identity. Six focus groups with 22 men with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (data reported elsewhere) followed by five one‐to‐one interviews with men (English, mean age: 59 years) sampled to reflect a heterogeneous experience of life with RA based on knowledge gained from the focus groups. Transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis and are presented as individual case studies. Whilst the c...
Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - October 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Caroline Flurey, Alan White, Karen Rodham, John Kirwan, Robert Noddings, Sarah Hewlett Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Siblings' caring roles in families with a child with epilepsy
This article draws on multiple perspective data from 24 families that had a child with epilepsy. In doing so, the article illustrates siblings' significant contribution to caring for their brother or sister and further develops the alert assistant concept. Two additional distinct caring roles that the siblings took on are also outlined – the substitute parent and parenting assistant roles. The relationship between siblings' socio‐demographic characteristics and their caring responsibilities is also explored. The paper's findings are that siblings who were older, female and those in families with a higher child to paren...
Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - October 11, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Michelle Webster Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
The context of coping: a qualitative exploration of underlying inequalities that influence health services support for people living with long ‐term conditions
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Coping with chronic illness encapsulates both practical and emotional aspects of living life in relation to one's long‐term health condition(s). Dominant health psychology approaches for understanding coping, which underpin a more recent policy discourse on ‘self‐management’, focus sharply on the person affected by illness and potentially mask the influence of overarching social structure. In this paper we draw on qualitative interviews with 48 people living with long‐term conditions (LTCs), in order to highlight the role that structural configurations such as healthcare systems may play in either helpin...
Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - October 11, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Caroline M. Potter, Laura Kelly, Cheryl Hunter, Ray Fitzpatrick, Michele Peters Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
McLaughlin, J., Coleman ‐Fountain, E. and Clavering, E. Disabled Childhoods: Monitoring Differences and Emerging Identities. London: Routledge. 2016 £88.00 (hbk) ISBN: 978‐0‐415‐7497‐4
Sociology of Health&Illness,Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 769-770, May 2018. (Source: Sociology of Health and Illness)
Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - October 8, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tillie
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