| Title |
A Sorrow Shared is a Sorrow Halved: The Search for Empathetic Understanding of Family Members of a Person with Early-Onset Dementia
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, August 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11013-017-9549-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Silke Hoppe |
| Abstract |
In this article, I explore how family members of a person with early-onset dementia in the Netherlands attempt to achieve empathetic understanding from significant others, and the barriers they encounter in the process. Based on qualitative interviews, I show that the type of relationship shapes the choices people have to communicate their suffering and their expectations regarding the reactions of others. This article builds on theoretical work on empathy and problematises the notion of shared experiences. It focuses on empathy between family members and significant others, arguing that empathetic understanding between these people is a field of study thus far insufficiently explored. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 66 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 66 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 8% |
| Researcher | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 11% |
| Unknown | 20 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 12 | 18% |
| Psychology | 12 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 6% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Unknown | 22 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
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