Zusammenfassung der Ressource
CHANGING IDENTITIES
- identity can be threatened by chronic illness
- esp if the illness provokes negative reactions from others
- when s'one is ill affected not just by illness but via learning to embrace the SICK ROLE
- SICK ROLE: PARSONS
- PERSON IS OBLIGED TO
ACT ILL AND SEEK HELP
- is this possible with chronic illness?
- Chronic illness changes sense of
identity, the person must change their
perception of self
- some illnesses may carry social
stigma so how peron is viewed by
society changes
- MICK AND OWEN: HIV
- listening to how pt tells story of their
illness can give health care professionals
insight into how they are coping and how
to best help the person affected