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| The biographical challenge of caring | | Author(s) | Prue Chamberlayne, Annette King |
| Journal title | Sociology of Health & Illness, vol 19, no 5, November 1997 |
| Pages | pp 601-621 |
| Keywords | Memory and Reminiscence ; Informal care ; Morale ; Personal relationships ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Biographies ; Germany. |
| Annotation | This article discusses the contribution of narrative methods to the contextualised study of subjectivity. More specifically, it introduces the key features of biographical interpretative methods, which derive from phenomenology, and presents four case studies of carers in East and West Germany. Through the cases, the article explores inner and outer dimensions of carers' coming to terms with disability, together with patterns of biographical continuity and change. This is followed by a comparative discussion of the interplay between personal and structural factors in the two societies. The article thereby demonstrates the strength of the method in exploring interrelationships between the personal and the social, as well as the particular relevance for professional practice in the social field. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980717201 A |
| Classmark | DB: P6: DQ: DS: F: 67: 767 |
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