Illness and Meaning
A Review of Select Writings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14282908 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Robert Whitsitt (Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada,) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 108-131 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022167809342549 |
| OpenAlex | W2097723442 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article explores select writings of seven authors who have examined the experience of serious illness, the meaning of it, and how individuals create or discover that meaning. These authors have been seminal thinkers in the field, and their works have influenced current thinking about illness and meaning. This article explores six major themes from select works of these authors: (a) postmodernism, culture, and illness; (b) embodied knowledge and the sick person; (c) illness narratives and their moral function; (d) key relationships for the sick person; (e) illness and death; and (f) the meaning of being ill. Apart from these, areas for future exploration are included
Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Function (biology) · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Narrative · Postmodernism · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Empathy and Medical Education · Ethics in medical practice · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2020 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |