Risk, Uncertainty and Life Threatening Trauma: Analysing Stroke Survivor's Accounts of Life after Stroke

This paper examines the ways in which

uncertainties of their situation. It draws on

stroke survivors (aged between 38 and 89 years).

experience of stroke and post stroke recovery.

unanticipated event in which there was a failure of

security and increased their awareness of and

outside the home, created awareness of a new

stroke, and could damage their social standing.

such uncertainties. They shortened their time

discussing them in very vague and general terms.

each day as it comes" or developed goals to

goals involved challenges and there was in some

voluntary risk-taking provided an opportunity for

survivors social standing.