Suffering, recognition and reframing: Healthcare choices and plural care pathways for women with chronic back pain

Kirby, E; Broom, A; Sibbritt, D; Refshauge, K; Adams, J

Suffering, recognition and reframing: Healthcare choices and plural care pathways for women with chronic back pain

Kirby, E Broom, A

Sibbritt, D

Refshauge, K Adams, J

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Citation:: Current Sociology, 2015, 63 (5), pp. 652 - 668
Issue Date:: 2015-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Kirby, E	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Broom, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1258-1140	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sibbritt, D https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3561-9447	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Refshauge, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Adams, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9901-5717	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Current Sociology, 2015, 63 (5), pp. 652 - 668	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0011-3921	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/43594
dc.description.abstract	© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Chronic back pain is a major health and social problem in Australia, often concealed and given limited credibility vis-a-vis other health conditions. Care practices are diversified with allied health, biomedical and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners regularly being consulted for help and care, often concurrently. While this differentiated ‘healthcare market’ may on one level be viewed as positive in terms of diverse therapeutic choices, there is also potential for difficulties with regard to care practices and negotiating competing therapeutic modalities. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 50 women aged 60–65 from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health living with chronic back pain, this article explores their accounts of suffering and the experiences of engaging in pluralistic healthcare choices, with a particular focus on CAM. The findings reveal the ways by which healthcare pluralism is connected to the dynamics of suffering and relations of recognition.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Current Sociology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0011392115590076	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Sociology	en_US
dc.title	Suffering, recognition and reframing: Healthcare choices and plural care pathways for women with chronic back pain	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Public Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHSP - Health Services and Practice
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Abstract:

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Chronic back pain is a major health and social problem in Australia, often concealed and given limited credibility vis-a-vis other health conditions. Care practices are diversified with allied health, biomedical and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners regularly being consulted for help and care, often concurrently. While this differentiated ‘healthcare market’ may on one level be viewed as positive in terms of diverse therapeutic choices, there is also potential for difficulties with regard to care practices and negotiating competing therapeutic modalities. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 50 women aged 60–65 from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health living with chronic back pain, this article explores their accounts of suffering and the experiences of engaging in pluralistic healthcare choices, with a particular focus on CAM. The findings reveal the ways by which healthcare pluralism is connected to the dynamics of suffering and relations of recognition.

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