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Illness Narratives - (Keywords) - Coggle Diagram
Illness Narratives - (Keywords)
Illness
"a particular person's experience of a disease" (105); everyone experiences disease differently, so it's not a universal experience
this helps doctors rethink monolithic (hegemonic) frames of health and the body
racialization, gender, class, and other factors shape particular experiences with disease
oops, COVID: not everyone experiences this the same way; it's a matter of access and value
Medicalization
"how individuals with disabilities have been categorized as 'sick' and placed under the jurisdiction of medical professionals" (120).
you need to be fixed to be a productive human in our capitalist economy (yikes)
the restitution narrative (120) -- all conditions are treatable
it's legal (the ugly laws),
Foucault's history of the clinic
oops, it's eugenics (population control)
Hospitals -- man, we have a wide array of feelings here;
"The sterilization of under age males without parent consent also happened in Corpus" -- nicole's research into special collections ad Dr. garcia's papers
Narrative
narrative might intervene in the process of medicalization and violence?
an aspect of pleasure
social media and destabilizing monolithic narratives about health, illness, the MIC, etc
oops, the algorithms
creation and development of public sphere, meaning making, policy making;
narratives shape design AND SPACE
what're the limits of "narrative"
data sets/stats?
new narratives/new narrative forms
Impairments
"often used as a synonym for disability" "euphemism" for disability
how do we interrupt medicalization?
people at the intersection in medical roles (Black women doctors)
more humanities-based inquiry in medicla institutions (teach Drs how to be people): the rise of "Medical Humanities" courses, certs, and programs
disability life writing