Figueroa-Duarte AS, Campbell-Araujo OA

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

In this work are presented results of a local investigation, in which children and adolescents with absence seizures were invited to participate, with the objective to know from their perspective how they live their illness in their everyday. The model in where it is to rely on is the experience of illness; this approach integrates the mind-body dichotomy within the social context, acknowledging that people are more than physiological entities; overcomes the limitations inherent in the medical model and ensures that patients are treated as persons and not as objects. The fundamental of this work is that provided the opportunity to participants to express free and creatively about their emotions, difficulties, point of view, etc. who scarcely are take in consideration. This because the children have been regarded as the passive recipients of adults´ protection and care; have been the invisible and voiceless objects of concern, and not understood as competent, autonomous persons who have a point of view .We utilized for this work a methodology (novel, in which we are starting to research in our country). It employs humanities (in this case drawing and narrative) in neurology pediatric area, to explore one of the disorders of more frequency in this subspecialty. We conclude that like child health professionals interested in to promote the children development and well-being, as well as to achieve an eager patient compliance, is essential that the practitioners in their clinical practice to get more involved to obtain knowledge not only of the disease also of the illness experience. It will extend their knowledge and it will improve the attention process too, creating better conditions of childhood in the future.

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