The hipervigilance of the body: uncertainty and embodiment in the illness experience in Palliative Care
This paper works on different ways in that patients whit terminal diseases, attended in a Palliative Care Unit of Buenos Aires city, interrogate their corporal sensations. I analyze certain forms of interrogating the corporal sensations in a context of strong uncertainty related to the experience of...
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I28-R145-2801_oai2025-11-17 Alonso, Juan Pedro 2009-07-01 This paper works on different ways in that patients whit terminal diseases, attended in a Palliative Care Unit of Buenos Aires city, interrogate their corporal sensations. I analyze certain forms of interrogating the corporal sensations in a context of strong uncertainty related to the experience of the patients and how professionals deal with this kind of situations. First, I explore a way of hipervigilance of the body, where the physical symptoms become a sign of the advance of illness and death. Second, I explore alternative forms of interpreting these sensations which shows that the emotional dimension of illness is central in the experience of suffering. Tentative, precarious, threatening or reparative, the interpretations that patients make of their corporal signs, instead of being separated from biomedical knowledge, are presented as subtle variations that delineate the contours of an imprecise biology and physiology. El trabajo aborda diferentes formas en que pacientes con enfermedades terminales, asistidos en una Unidad de Cuidados Paliativos de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, interpretan las sensaciones corporales asociadas a la enfermedad en un contexto de fuerte incertidumbre, tanto en la experiencia de los pacientes como en la gestión de estas situaciones por los profesionales. Por un lado, se explora una forma de hipervigilancia del cuerpo, donde los síntomas físicos representan el avance de la enfermedad, y por el otro, formas alternativas de interpretar estas sensaciones. En estas formas de interpelar al cuerpo, la dimensión emocional de la enfermedad se revela como central en la experiencia del padecimiento. Tentativas, precarias, amenazantes o reparadoras, las interpretaciones que los pacientes hacen de sus signos corporales, lejos de separarse del conocimiento biomédico, se presentan como variaciones sutiles que delinean los contornos de una fisiología y una biología imprecisas. O artigo aborda diferentes formas de interrogar as sensações corporais de pacientes com doenças terminais, atendidos em uma Unidade de Cuidados Paliativos da cidade de Buenos Aires. Eu analiso formas de interrogar as sensações corporais em contextos de forte incerteza, tanto na experiência dos pacientes como na atenção destas situações pelos profissionais da saúde. Por um lado, eu exploro uma forma de hipervigilância do corpo, onde os sintomas físicos representam o avance da doença, e por outro em formas alternativas de interpretar estas sensações. Em estas formas de interpelar o corpo a dimensão emocional da experiência do padecimento se revela como central. Tentativas, precárias, ameaçantes ou reparadoras, as interpretações que os pacientes fazem de seus signos corporais apresentam tênues variações do saber biomédico. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CAS/article/view/2801 10.34096/cas.i29.2801 spa Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CAS/article/view/2801/2431 Cuadernos de antropología social; Núm. 29 (2009); 103-120 1850-275X 0327-3776 Body Pain Uncertainty Palliative Care End of life Corpo Dor Incerteza Cuidados Paliativos Final da vida Cuerpo Dolor Incertidumbre Cuidados Paliativos Fin de vida The hipervigilance of the body: uncertainty and embodiment in the illness experience in Palliative Care El cuerpo hipervigilado: incertidumbre y corporalidad en la experiencia de la enfermedad en Cuidados Paliativos O corpo hipervigiado: incerteza e corporalidade na experiência da doença em Cuidados Paliativos info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=cantropo&d=2801_oai |
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This paper works on different ways in that patients whit terminal diseases, attended in a Palliative Care Unit of Buenos Aires city, interrogate their corporal sensations. I analyze certain forms of interrogating the corporal sensations in a context of strong uncertainty related to the experience of the patients and how professionals deal with this kind of situations. First, I explore a way of hipervigilance of the body, where the physical symptoms become a sign of the advance of illness and death. Second, I explore alternative forms of interpreting these sensations which shows that the emotional dimension of illness is central in the experience of suffering. Tentative, precarious, threatening or reparative, the interpretations that patients make of their corporal signs, instead of being separated from biomedical knowledge, are presented as subtle variations that delineate the contours of an imprecise biology and physiology. |
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Alonso, Juan Pedro |
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The hipervigilance of the body: uncertainty and embodiment in the illness experience in Palliative Care |
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The hipervigilance of the body: uncertainty and embodiment in the illness experience in Palliative Care |
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The hipervigilance of the body: uncertainty and embodiment in the illness experience in Palliative Care |
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The hipervigilance of the body: uncertainty and embodiment in the illness experience in Palliative Care |
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The hipervigilance of the body: uncertainty and embodiment in the illness experience in Palliative Care |
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hipervigilance of the body: uncertainty and embodiment in the illness experience in palliative care |
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Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA |
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