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| Titel: |
FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME |
| Auteur: |
Richman, Judith A. Jason, Leonard A. Taylor, Renee R. Jahn, Susan C. |
| Verschenen in: |
Health care for women international |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 21 (2000) nr. 3 pagina's 173-185 |
| Jaar: |
2000-04-01 |
| Inhoud: |
We contrast Western medical views of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) etiology, diagnosis, and treatment with views maintained by a predominantly female CFS population. We argue that the failure of Western medicine to demonstrate a viral etiology for CFS led to a paradigmatic shift in research perspectives, which then embraced psychiatric and sociocultural explanations for CFS. As a result, CFS was delegitimized as a biomedical phenomenon within medical, academic, governmental, and public arenas. We compare alternative social constructions of CFS with issues pertaining to multiple sclerosis (MS), an illness that similarly predominates among women. Patient perspectives suggest that the history of medical attitudes toward CFS may eventually parallel the transformations that occurred in relation to MS. In particular, the discovery of biological markers for CFS may lay to rest the categorization of CFS as largely within the psychiatric realm. |
| Uitgever: |
Routledge |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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