TY - JOUR
T1 - Scientific discourses on chronic pain without organic cause Incorporating gender perspective for pain resignifyng-repoliticizing
AU - Pujal I Llombart, Margot
AU - Albertín Carbó, Pilar
AU - Mora, Enrico
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Chronic pain, without any organic or physical cause (DC), which in psycho-medical terminology is known as fibromyalgia, (FM), is diagnosed each year to a considerable number of women in capitalistic societies. Our main interest in the following paper is to go in depth in the elaboration of this symptom, its treatment and the psychosocial effects, both in the social order as well as in the lives of the people who suffer from it. Our main goal in the following paper is to look deeper in the elaboration (conceptualization) of this symptom, its treatment and psychological affects, both in the social order as well as in the lives of the people who suffer from it, we are using linked speeches in Spanish magazines publications. The result has been the emergence of three hegemonic discourse positions: One position "scientist", one "therapeutic of the conformity" position and one "economic and legalistic" position. Each of these has a specific feature, but on the whole, is enhanced, producing effects such as the absence of social context to explain the disease; disregard of gender differences in the management and treatment; the instrumentalization of pain to legitimize their practices and the subjection of women to the "psycho-biomedical" paradigm. In that way, a new significance and politicization of the concept of pain is proposed.
AB - Chronic pain, without any organic or physical cause (DC), which in psycho-medical terminology is known as fibromyalgia, (FM), is diagnosed each year to a considerable number of women in capitalistic societies. Our main interest in the following paper is to go in depth in the elaboration of this symptom, its treatment and the psychosocial effects, both in the social order as well as in the lives of the people who suffer from it. Our main goal in the following paper is to look deeper in the elaboration (conceptualization) of this symptom, its treatment and psychological affects, both in the social order as well as in the lives of the people who suffer from it, we are using linked speeches in Spanish magazines publications. The result has been the emergence of three hegemonic discourse positions: One position "scientist", one "therapeutic of the conformity" position and one "economic and legalistic" position. Each of these has a specific feature, but on the whole, is enhanced, producing effects such as the absence of social context to explain the disease; disregard of gender differences in the management and treatment; the instrumentalization of pain to legitimize their practices and the subjection of women to the "psycho-biomedical" paradigm. In that way, a new significance and politicization of the concept of pain is proposed.
KW - Chronic pain
KW - Discourse
KW - Fibromyalgia
KW - Gender perspective
KW - Position
U2 - 10.5209/rev-POSO.2015.v52.n3.45295
DO - 10.5209/rev-POSO.2015.v52.n3.45295
M3 - Article
SN - 1130-8001
VL - 52
SP - 921
EP - 948
JO - Politica y Sociedad
JF - Politica y Sociedad
IS - 3
ER -