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0335/2017 - Biographical ruptures and flows in the family experiences and trajectories of children with cystic fibrosis.
Rupturas e continuidades biográficas nas experiências e trajetórias familiares de crianças com fibrose cística.

Author:

• Marcelo Eduardo Pfeiffer Castellanos - Castellanos, M.E.P. - Salvador - <mcastellanos73@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4977-5574

Co-author(s):

• Nelson Filice de Barros - Barros, NF - Campinas, SP - <filice@fcm.unicamp.br>
• Sandra Straccialano Coelho - Coelho, SS - <sandrixcoelho@gmail.com>


Abstract:

Biographical rupture (BR) is a core concept in sociological studies on chronic illness experience. It shows how this experience can be strongly affected by ruptures in the ways of living and organizing the biographical trajectory narratives. Critical reviews have pointed out that the widespread use of this concept was not sufficiently attentive to its analytical limits, i.g., dealing with children´s experiences on genetic diseases, when biographic flows (BF) more than BR would be probably present. In this article, the concepts of BR and BF were used to analyze the relationships between the illness trajectories lived by children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and the experiences of their parentes, taking into account the narratives about their histories and family contexts, drawnsemi-structured interviews with 10 children with CF and 14 family members. The results pointed to potentialities and limits of the concepts of BR and BF for the analysis undertaken in this study. We conclude that both concepts can be applied to the analysis of family experience involving children with genetic illnesses, provided that in critical and sensitive way to subjects and contexts investigated, keeping in mind the more broader theoretical concerns.

Keywords:

Illness Behavior; Sociology, Medical; Personal Narratives; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Child.

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Castellanos, M.E.P., Barros, NF, Coelho, SS. Biographical ruptures and flows in the family experiences and trajectories of children with cystic fibrosis.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2017/Sep). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/biographical-ruptures-and-flows-in-the-family-experiences-and-trajectories-of-children-with-cystic-fibrosis/16387?id=16387&id=16387



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