Voices of the Chronically Ill

Broken Words

Mary Kalfoss (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

226 Seiten

2023 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-2036-3 (ISBN)

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This book describes what it is like to embody chaos and liminality in living with a physical chronic illness and how these experiences are related to the loss and remaking of one’s sense of self. It also encourages readers to listen closely to the figurative language people use in trying to articulate the unspeakable. Focusing upon a wide array of narrative fragments gathered from first-person literary work and research, the author portrays how a conglomerate of sensations, feelings, and thoughts are embodied in the illness experience. The voices present in this text speak of vulnerability, suffering, and brokenness, yet also, endurance and fortitude. The ethics of philosopher Emmanuel Levinas provide the grounds for offering care lovingly. This book makes a significant contribution to helping students, practitioners and carers understand the chaos that is inherent, yet so often silenced, in the illness experience. This text could also be of interest to laypeople who are curious about how subjective illness is experienced, and to those who are ill who may be seeking affirmation for what they are experiencing.

Dr Mary Kalfoss is Professor Emerita of Nursing Science at the VID Specialized University in Oslo, Norway, where she has taught nursing for the past 25 years. She holds a BSc in nursing, with an oncology nursing specialty, a master’s degree in humanistic psychology, and a doctoral degree in public health. She worked for fifteen years in cancer and palliative care settings before she pursued teaching. She has taught nursing at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Norway and other European countries. She is an active researcher with an interest in quality-of-life issues in the chronically ill and disabled and has published over 87 scientific articles, 11 book chapters, and two books based on this theme. She has previously served as the Norwegian Coordinator of the World Health Organization’s Quality of Life Assessment Group.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.09.2023
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	1-5275-2036-6 / 1527520366
ISBN-13	978-1-5275-2036-3 / 9781527520363
Zustand	Neuware