Understanding Gut Sensations

Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Diagnostic Fluidity in Danish Clinical Practice

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4564337
AutoresCamilla Brændstrup Laursen (0000-0002-7089-2310, Department of Research and Development, The Prehospital Emergency Medical Services, Central Denmark Region Aarhus, Denmark, autor de correspondencia), Rikke Sand Andersen (0000-0003-2450-5866, Department of Public Health, Family Medicine, University of Southern Denmark Odense, Denmark), Marie Louise Tørring (0000-0003-0665-2993, Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University Aarhus, Denmark)
Año2024
Volumen43
Número2
Páginas174-187
Fecha de publicación2024-02-17
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMedical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0145-9740 • E-ISSN: 1545-5882
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01459740.2023.2248354
PMID37682635
OpenAlexW4386563686
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas47

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a prevalent health challenge in a Danish welfare context. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork at two Danish gastroenterology clinics, and inspired by Charles E. Rosenberg's idea of styles of explaining widespread diseases, we outline three styles of understanding and treating gut trouble in daily clinical work: "The microbial gut," "the mindful gut," and "the lifestyled gut." Moreover, we suggest the concept of fluidity to characterize IBS as a diagnostic category that allows clinicians and patients to operate through complex understandings of permeable boundaries between body, mind, and environment to negotiate personalized solutions for embodied gut sensations

Clinical Practice · Danish · Family medicine · Irritable bowel syndrome · Psychiatry · Gastrointestinal motility and disorders · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Psychology · Whipple's Disease and Interleukins