Approaching the locked dialogues of the body : communicating symptoms through illness diaries
Engelsk titel: Approaching the locked dialogues of the body : communicating symptoms through illness diaries
Författare:
Stensland, Per
;
Malterud, Kirsti
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 22
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 66224
Sammanfattning
The objective was to describe and analyse communication following the use of an illness diary method in consultations with patients suffering from longstanding illness without clinical findings. Communication following illness diary utilisation could be summarised as: 1) illness diaries as medical documentation, 2) making access to the insight of the patient, 3) exploring internal dialogues and locked voices, and 4) adding meaning to a spoken message through writing (creative distance). Illness diaries can provide clinically relevant information and may emphasise the patient's input and significance in medical dialogues on longstanding symptoms without clinical findings.