ANTHROP 3HI3 Chapter 3-15: The Illness Narratives Readings
8 Dec 2017
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The illness narratives: suffering, healing, and the human. Chapter 3 the vulnerability of pain and the pain of vulnerability. Major public health concern in the north american society. Both systems create anger and frustration for patients and families. Single experience virtually shared by most patients of chronic pain: practitioner and/or family member doubt the authenticity of the patient(cid:859)s e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e of pai(cid:374) Du 1 (cid:1009)7, this (cid:396)espo(cid:374)se (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)i(cid:271)utes po(cid:449)e(cid:396)full(cid:455) to the e(cid:374)d of pa(cid:396)ag(cid:396)aph. Somatization a process that chronic pain involves; the most common in the human experience of illness world-wide. It is the communication of personal and interpersonal problems in a physical idiom of distress and a pattern of behaviour that emphasizes the seeking of medical help. Individual psychological characteristics (anxiety, depression, etc. : somatization is something we each encounter. When in stress, our autonomic nervous system, neuroendocrine axis, and limbic system of the brain are aroused.
