Studying narrative-in-action in women with chronic rheumatic conditions

S Alsaker, R Bongaardt… - Qualitative health …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article we aim to sculpt a possible methodology for studying how a good everyday life
comes about when living with chronic rheumatic conditions (CRC). Our “how” focus …

Occupation and meaning: Narrative in everyday activities of women with chronic rheumatic conditions

S Alsaker, S Josephsson - OTJR: Occupation, Participation …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This ethnographic study explored how processes of meaning take place in the everyday
activities of women with chronic rheumatic conditions. Using the French philosopher …

I have mastered the challenge of living with a chronic disease: life stories of people with rheumatoid arthritis

T Stamm, L Lovelock, G Stew, V Nell… - Qualitative Health …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Our aim with this study was to explore the narrative life story of individuals diagnosed with
rheumatoid arthritis. An open qualitative approach, namely narrative biographic …

Stories stirring the quest of the good: Narratives of women living with chronic rheumatic conditions

S Alsaker, S Josephsson - Scandinavian Journal of Disability …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This ethnography based study explored how four women living with chronic rheumatic
conditions related to and communicated moral issues in their everyday activities. Narrative …

Narrative inquiry: A relational research methodology suitable to explore narratives of health and illness

G Haydon, P van der Riet - Nordic Journal of Nursing …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper proposes the need for further qualitative research to gain valuable insight into
individuals' experiences of health and illness and the suitability of narrative inquiry as a …

Narrative health research: Exploring big and small stories as analytical tools

A Sools - Health:, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
In qualitative health research many researchers use a narrative approach to study lay health
concepts and experiences. In this article, I explore the theoretical linkages between the …

Narrative approaches to healthcare research

S Gregory - International Journal of Therapy and …, 2010 - magonlinelibrary.com
Background: The significance of the patient's story has evolved over the centuries and has
varied according to the importance placed on the subjective experience of illness. Patients …

Embodied fluidity and the commitment to movement: constructing the moral self through arthritis narratives

D Rosenfeld, C Faircloth - Symbolic interaction, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
While biomedical research reifies bodily movement in the lives of people with chronic illness
as “functional mobility,” our analysis of biographical osteoarthritis narratives uncovers a …

Exploring the transactional quality of everyday occupations through narrative-in-action: Meaning-making among women living with chronic conditions

S Alsaker, S Josephsson, VA Dickie - Transactional perspectives on …, 2013 - Springer
In this chapter, we introduce everyday occupations as embedded in local cultural
perspectives and how embeddedness is to be understood in the light of women living with …

Becoming a runner: Big, middle and small stories about physical activity participation in later life

M Griffin, C Phoenix - Sport, Education and Society, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
How do older adults learn to tell a 'new'story about, through, and with the body? We know
that narratives are embodied, lived and central to the process of meaning-making—and as …