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Establishing the (extra)ordinary in chronic widespread pain
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Abstract Sufferers of chronic illness face delegitimation of their condition and threats to their identities. One way of establishing the legitimacy of their position is for sufferers of chronic illness to emphasize the ‘ordinary’ in their accounts. Sufferers of c... view more
Sufferers of chronic illness face delegitimation of their condition and threats to their identities. One way of establishing the legitimacy of their position is for sufferers of chronic illness to emphasize the ‘ordinary’ in their accounts. Sufferers of conditions which are chronic, invisible and contested, such as chronic widespread pain, have the same, and possibly greater, need to legitimize their condition and refute allegations of ‘malingering’ or psychological instability. The article uses interviews with women with chronic widespread pain to illustrate the ways in which the invisible, subjective and everyday nature of chronic pain leads to sufferers experiencing delegitimation of their condition. It suggests that the accounts of women suffering from chronic widespread pain are constructed to portray a positive identity in the face of this experience, particularly through the emphasis on the ‘extraordinary’.... view less
Free Keywords
chronic illness; chronic pain; in-depth interviews; legitimacy;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2005
Page/Pages
p. 31-48
Journal
Health, 9 (2005) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459305048096
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)