Hanna Esmée
Institute of Allied Health Sciences Research, De Montfort University, United Kingdom.
Digit Health. 2019 Nov 25;5:2055207619890473. doi: 10.1177/2055207619890473. eCollection 2019 Jan-Dec.
Amputation is a growing health issue with implications for the corporeal form and sense of bodily identity. Disposal of the removed limb (the amputate) has historically been suggested to impact on patient adaptation to amputation, although understandings of limb disposal are scarce within existing research. The growth of online question and answer sites has created opportunities for social actors to post and respond to a vast array of topic areas, including those that are seen as morbid or taboo. This paper then explores the discussion of amputate disposal within threads from two popular question and answer sites. Using thematic analysis, the paper examines how perceived ownership of limbs, understanding of the amputate as 'waste' and recourse to grotesque humour are key means by which limb disposal is discussed within these sites. Posters then create a new knowledge around the disposal of limbs, albeit one framed by uncertainty.
截肢是一个日益严重的健康问题，对身体形态和身体认同感都有影响。虽然现有研究中对肢体处理的理解很少，但历史上一直认为被切除肢体（截肢残肢）的处理会影响患者对截肢的适应。在线问答网站的发展为社会行为者提供了机会，使他们能够发布和回应大量主题领域的问题，包括那些被视为病态或禁忌的话题。本文随后探讨了在两个热门问答网站的帖子中对截肢残肢处理的讨论。通过主题分析，本文研究了对肢体的感知所有权、将截肢残肢理解为“废物”以及诉诸怪诞幽默是在这些网站上讨论肢体处理的关键方式。发帖者随后围绕肢体处理创造了新的知识，尽管这是一种由不确定性构建的知识。
