Theorising rehabilitation: Actors and parameters shaping normality, liminality and depersonalisation in a UK hospital.
Sociol Health Illn
; 43(3): 713-731, 2021 03.
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ABSTRACT
Sociological concern for rehabilitation remains limited. This paper aims to contribute to rehabilitation theory. It examines two units of a specialist rehabilitation hospital in the UK (amputee and neurological services) by focusing on the key actors involved - families, patients, staff - and the parameters shaping their relationships. The findings extend previous theoretical understandings of rehabilitation in three themes normality, liminality and depersonalisation. We argue, first normality is constantly negotiated amongst the different actors. This complicates existing works' critique of rehabilitation as reproducing the ideology of normality. Second, discourses produced during acute care shape the inpatient rehabilitation experience. This calls attention to the pre-rehabilitation phase and complicates existing works' emphasis on the transition from inpatient stay to the time of discharge. Finally, inpatient rehabilitation is notable in rendering the adverse effects of depersonalisation apparent. It combines the bureaucracy of a regular hospital ward, with institutionalising aspects of long-term care. These findings have a potential to enhance practice as well as knowledge. We call for a deeper sociological attention, combining theory-building with empirical data for a better understanding of inpatient rehabilitation.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Despersonalização
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Hospitais
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sociol Health Illn
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article
País de afiliação:
Turquia