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‘A sorrow shared is a sorrow halved’: The search for empathetic understanding of family members of a person with early-onset dementia

2018. ‘A sorrow shared is a sorrow halved’: The search for empathetic understanding of family members of a person with early-onset dementia. Silke Hoppe

This article explores 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.

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 quali- tative 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.

Details publicatie

Hoppe, Silke (2018)‘A sorrow shared is a sorrow halved’: The search for empathetic understanding of family members of a person with early-onset dementia. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry. 42: 180-201