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Living in the Present

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  • Angela Barns
  • Frida Svanholm
  • Anette Kjellberg
  • Ingrid Thyberg
  • Torbjorn Falkmer

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This article presents the findings from a qualitative research project exploring eight women’s experiences of living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Through semistructured interviews, the women provided insights into the physical, emotional, and social impacts of RA and the “work†involved in negotiating its influence in the everyday life. In narrating their experiences of adapting to RA, the women express a common desire for “normalcy,†to return to a time and space before the disruption of RA. The women’s accounts also emphasized the interrelatedness between bodily experience and constructions of self, highlighting the corporeal nature of RA and the constant shaping and reshaping of personal meanings and values.

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  • Angela Barns & Frida Svanholm & Anette Kjellberg & Ingrid Thyberg & Torbjorn Falkmer, 2015. "Living in the Present," SAGE Open, , vol. 5(4), pages 21582440156, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:5:y:2015:i:4:p:2158244015616163
    DOI: 10.1177/2158244015616163
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