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Living And Acting In An Altered Body: A Phenomenological Description Of Amputation, Mary Jo Deegan
Living And Acting In An Altered Body: A Phenomenological Description Of Amputation, Mary Jo Deegan
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Adults with recent amputations are often perceived as suffering from post-operative depression and phantom limbs. These states are frequently seen as failures in "adjustment" since there are often few physiological involvements which curtail daily functioning. This perspective is seen as compatible with major American values of pragmatism, individualism, and a mechanistic medical model. We suggest here that problems in daily living and the phantom limb are not "mental" aberrations but rather reflections of a radically altered lived experience. The performance of the actor is significantly changed and can be discussed as a function of changed experience, and style. This persppctivedraws …
Receiving Help: Management Strategies Of The Handicapped, Nancy A. Brooks
Receiving Help: Management Strategies Of The Handicapped, Nancy A. Brooks
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The social act of helping is presented from the recipient's viewpoint. Interview material from handicapped adults and contributions from the literature on helping provide insight to the helped person's management and interpretation of being helped. Techniques employed in the management of help are described. Alternative strategies and interpretations are available to the helped person; receiving help is not necessarily demeaning as social norms suggest. The interaction between helper and helped person is the central concern.