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Coping with chronicity: exploring women's experiences living with autoimmune diseases that fluctuate and flare

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posted on 2022-03-28, 10:54 authored by Tayhla Ryder
This thesis examines the illness experience for Australian women with autoimmune diseases with a relapse / remitting or fluctuating disease course. Drawing on ethnographic interviews, I explore the impact of chronicity and the shifting between sickness and wellness on their lives. I address how participants responded to the disruptive force of disease onset and diagnosis, and their tactics to manage and seek control of their illness. In sum, I seek to demonstrate that the women's approaches to living with chronic illness are not static, but reflect the shifting grounds of their disease experience, changing sense of self, and support received from others.

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Table of Contents

Introduction -- 1. Through sickness and wellness -- 2. Loss and learning -- 3. Control and hope -- 4. Silences and stigma -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix.

Notes

Theoretical thesis. Bibliography: pages 49-54

Awarding Institution

Macquarie University

Degree Type

Thesis MRes

Degree

MRes, Macquarie University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Anthropology

Department, Centre or School

Department of Anthropology

Year of Award

2017

Principal Supervisor

Lisa Wynn

Rights

Copyright Tayhla Ryder 2017. Copyright disclaimer: http://mq.edu.au/library/copyright

Language

English

Extent

1 online resource (56 pages) illustrations

Former Identifiers

mq:71459 http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1274558

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