Citation

Nobili A, Tognoni G, Staszewsky L. Assist. Inferm. Ric. 2001; 20(4): 197-202.

Vernacular Title

La storia di Andrea.

Affiliation

Instituto Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11910835

Abstract

First-hand accounts of illness experiences provide important insights for other patients and their carers and can be a powerful tool for patient information and professional education. Andrea was ran over by a motor-bike while he was carried by bike and reported a complicated femur fracture. Three different representations of the story are reported and confronted: the bold chronicle of events, that sets the scenery and time sequence; Andrea's mother point of view on what happened after the accident, and during the course of the illness; and Andrea's story, told with his words and drawings. The methodological comments offered as discussion, stress how the collection of relevant patients stories can be a valuable research resource because it can offer a broad perspective which cannot be obtained by other means.

Language: it