Abstract
Through her stories and mine, my sister and I allow the outside world to see the ways in which we grapple with a critical health incident along her journey of living with lupus. Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that is difficult to recognize and to diagnose. The ambiguous nature of the disease creates considerable confusion for the ill person as well as her support system. Using an illness narrative, I analyze a real life event linked to chronic illness, invisibility, living loss, liminality and family—and more specifically, to social support within the sibling relationship.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 135-143 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Medical Humanities |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1 2018 |
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- Health Policy
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My Sister’s Keeper : Sibling Social Support and Chronic Illness. / Williams, Kesha Morant.
In: Journal of Medical Humanities, Vol. 39, No. 2, 01.06.2018, p. 135-143.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AB - Through her stories and mine, my sister and I allow the outside world to see the ways in which we grapple with a critical health incident along her journey of living with lupus. Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that is difficult to recognize and to diagnose. The ambiguous nature of the disease creates considerable confusion for the ill person as well as her support system. Using an illness narrative, I analyze a real life event linked to chronic illness, invisibility, living loss, liminality and family—and more specifically, to social support within the sibling relationship.
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