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Enacting Varieties of Subjectivity Through Practices of Care

A Story of Living With Motor Neuron Disease

Bibliographic Data

ID4722236
AuthorsD Sakellariou (0000-0002-2668-2834, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume26
Issue14
Pages1902-1910
Publication date2016-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732315584744
PMID25918113
OpenAlexW2135067517
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited40

People living with disability or chronic illness often use practices of care to construct a version of life they are satisfied with. Drawing from a narrative-based study with people living with motor neuron disease (MND), I show how one couple tried to be recognized as active agents in their life, although oscillating between positions of less and more power. Through an examination of the practices of care that the couple enacted, I illustrate how their positioning in relation to practices of care helped them create meaning in their life. In their efforts to create a way of living they were satisfied with, they engaged in negotiations between varieties of subjectivity. Their subjectivity was not static but was constructed as they shared power to carry out everyday self-care activities. The findings also underline the importance for health care practices of exploring the experiential knowledge of people living with MND

Epistemology · Health care · Narrative · Negotiation · Political science · Psychotherapist · Social science · Sociology · Subjectivity · Disability Rights and Representation · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Nursing · Psychology

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