心筋梗塞患者の「病い」の経験

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Cardiac disease including heart attack draw the attention of the people in Japan as a typical “disease”. In recent years, a treatment of heart attack as “ disease” has developed because of the progress of medical technology as well as the diffusion of knowledge about it. However, a treatment of heart attack as “illness” is not enough, and the attention of a treatment of heart attack as “illness” is growing. This study focuses on how patients experience a heart attack as subjective “ illness ”. Twelve Japanese adults were interviewed to explore the experience of “illness” of patients. As a result, the experience of “illness” alters with time. Furthermore, this finding suggested that not only characteristics of heart attack as “disease” but also individual history have an influence on the experience of “illness”. Additionally, this findings indicates that the necessity of hearing “THE ILLNESS NARRATIVES”.
2010-03-10