Representations of health and rhetorics of care relationship. Some considerations drawn from an empirical case-study.
Keywords:
Philosophy of Health, Medical Anthropology, Rhetoric of Health and Care, Care Philosophy, Nursing
Abstract
The article presents the first results of an interdisciplinary research conducted on a sample of nurses serving at ASL CN-1 and ASO Santa Croce and Carle in Cuneo (Piedmont, Italy) as part of an action-research project called SALINTER. La salute come immaginario sociale e religioso. This work, conducted in collaboration between researchers in philosophy and cultural anthropology, focuses on the representations of health and the rhetorics concerning the care relationship that support the professional self-representation of nurses, and aims to show their intimate correlation. The analysis of the collected data provides a critical understanding of this self-representation, that constitute a solid basis for future research aimed at providing an in-depth description of care work in the health sector.
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Kleinman, Arthur (1988), The Illness Narratives. Suffering, Healing and the Human Condition, Basic Books, New York.
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Quaranta, Ivo e Ricca, Mario (2012), Malati fuori luogo. Medicina interculturale, Raffaello Cortina Editore, Milano.
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Published
2021-07-20
How to Cite
Vissio, G. and Zanini, R. C. (2021) “Representations of health and rhetorics of care relationship. Some considerations drawn from an empirical case-study.”, Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio, 15(1). doi: 10.4396/20210605.
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