Chronic fatigue syndrome: Patients’ experiences, clinical practice and epistemic justice

Oter-Quintana, Cristina; Esteban-Hernández, Jesús; Alameda-Cuesta, Almudena

doi:10.1016/j.enfcle.2021.01.003

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We are therefore able to talk of CFS/ME as a contested illness, the term used by Swoboda<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010">2</a> to refer to diseases whose “real” existence is a subject of debate for medical professionals, public authorities and society in general.Studies of the experiences of those who suffer CFS/ME shows that the disease and its “contested” nature have a devastating effect on them in physical, psychological, professional and social terms. These studies make it possible to discover the subjective dimension of the disease, which is often a secondary consideration for a health system with a biomedical orientation and a structure which favours the development of what Fricker<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015">3</a> terms “epistemic injustice”.The aforementioned author distinguishes between two types of this phenomenon: “testimonial injustice”, which occurs when a subject is considered to be less credible due to prejudices in association with a range of factors (sex, ethnicity, socioeconomic level or disease, etc.), and “hermeneutic injustice”, which is linked to a lack of collective resources that would render the subject’s experience describable, intelligible and understandable for the social medium in question. As both types of injustice negate the subject’s condition as knowledgeable, they also deny that they possess a capacity that is essential for human dignity.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015">3</a>In individuals who are affected by CFS/ME testimonial injustice arises due to the contested nature of the disease. This is manifested by suspicion as to the “reality” of what the subject describes, as they are suspected of suffering an emotional disorder or wishing to achieve secondary benefits.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020">4</a> Hermeneutic injustice would derive from the idiosyncratic nature of the biomedical discourse itself, as it would exclude or relativize subjective experiences, considering them to be sources of distortion that would hinder diagnosis and therapy for the disease (understood to be an indisputable natural phenomenon). These forms of injustice are not deliberate malicious acts, but rather than this they are neutral or even beneficial practices for the sick person,<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025">5</a> although they perpetuate the harm to their dignity and add to their suffering.From our point of view, rather than obstructing clinical practice, experiences of the disease are essential to identify the nursing care needs of individuals who are affected by CFS/ME. These experiences are also an indispensable first step in planning individualised interventions to meet the said needs. Unlike the biomedical diagnosis, clinical judgement in nursing does not depend solely on the disease itself, as it is also influenced by the experiences and responses of the individuals who suffer from it, which are always unique and different. This necessarily involves the validation of the said experiences, which is based on bringing them to the fore and offering a space where patients can express and make sense of their suffering. Patients thereby recognise themselves and are recognised as knowledgeable subjects, so that the nursing approach is able to reduce epistemic injustice. Additionally, taking experiences as the starting point for clinical judgement makes it possible to capture (unbroken) discomforts which go beyond physical symptoms, affecting the condition of the subject as such.We therefore consider that the results of studies which centre on exploring the experiences of individuals affected by CFS/ME are of inestimable clinical utility in nursing, while they also favour care with epistemic justice and respect for the dignity of patients.AuthorshipThe undersigned conceived and wrote this letter, approving its final version.FinancingCommunity of Madrid Prize for the Best Care Research Project. 3rd Edition of the Puerta de Hierro Prize for Care Research.Conflict of interestsThe authors have no conflict of interests to declare." 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