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[Misfortune with Health - Fortune in Illness]
1Facharzt für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie/Geriatrie, Health Care Management, c/o Gemeinschaftspraxis für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik.
Abstract:
Health and illness in modern societies are often understood as moral or normative categories. The author proposes an anthropological, not mutually excluding concept. A case study shows that even a severe illness with shortened life-expectation and -quality can provide new possibilities and confer fulfilment and happiness for the people affected on condition that they and their caregivers have an open-minded attitude ("serendipity"), sense of coherence, empowerment and orientation towards "recovery" as a new concept of healthiness at their disposal. The challenges for mental health services are being discussed.
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