Tag Archives: lived experience

How living with CFS/ME impacts upon people’s identity

Posted on 03/28/2017 by wames

Thesis abstract: A life lived differently: an exploration of how living with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) impacts upon people’s identity, by Rebecca E. Murray. University of Huddersfield Doctoral thesis 2017 [Published online March 13, 2017] Existing literature provides an insight into CFS/ME, but … Continue reading →

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CFS – is the biopsychosocial model responsible for patient dissatisfaction and harm?

Posted on 08/01/2016 by wames

Article extracts: In 1977 George Engel wrote about the need for an ‘integrated approach’ in medicine that moved the focus beyond biological mechanisms of disease to include all pertinent aspects of illness presentation, setting out a ‘biopsychosocial model’.1 Around the … Continue reading →

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