(Forthcoming) Narratives on illness experience: conceptual and methodological challenges (original) (raw)

Abstract

This article provides an overview of the process that led to the adoption of a methodological strategy that privileges personal narratives on illness, in the frame of an ongoing research project. To this project, which focuses on three types of pathologies (cancer, respiratory diseases and child obesity), qualitative methodologies were considered as the most suitable, on the one hand because of the richness of the information they elicit, on the other by their adequateness concerning conjectured goals and work hypotheses. Hence, the use of MINI (McGill Illness Narrative Interview) (Groleau et al., 2006), was privileged, considering its appropriateness to the field. A preliminary approach to the methodological and conceptual choices is presented, as well as an account of the importance of personal illness narratives in the objectives of the project.

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