Writing the othered self: Autoethnography and the problem of objectification in writing about illness and disability

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1717-1728

  Richards, Rose ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Disability; Experiences; Illness and disease; Social construction; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DISABILITY; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NARRATIVE; NEOPLASM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORYTELLING; WRITING;

ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; WRITING;

EID: 56549105473     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308325866     Document Type: Article

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