title: Studying narrative-in-action in women with chronic rheumatic conditions.
abstract: In this article we aim to sculpt a possible methodology for studying how a good everyday life comes about when living with chronic rheumatic conditions (CRC). Our "how" focus acknowledges a woman with CRC as one member of a diverse population, whereby we question the biomedically based view that she differs from the population. The more frequently asked "what" question colors study designs and results in categories and characteristics regarding what she is able to do and what adaptations she has made in everyday life as a consequence of her disease. Adopting a narrative approach, we ask how a good everyday life comes about, and illustrate this with ethnographic material of the everyday activities of women living with CRC. We conceptualize narrative as embedded in the process of enacting activities. Furthermore, we highlight hermeneutical interpretative processes of how meaning works in the stream of everyday action.
authors.affiliation: Sør-Trøndelag University College, Trondheim, Norway.
authors.forename: Sissel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alsaker
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bongaardt
authors.forename: Staffan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Josephsson
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*