Narrative research in health and illness /

• Other Authors: Hurwitz, Brian (Editor), Greenhalgh, Trisha (Editor), Skultans, Vieda (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, Mass. BMJ Books 2004
• Subjects: Narration; hysician-Patient Relations; Medical History Taking; Communication; Patients > psychology
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• Physical Description: ix, 446 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780727917928; 0727917927

This comprehensive book celebrates the coming of age of narrative in health care. It uses narrative to go beyond the patient's story and address social, cultural, ethical, psychological, organizational and linguistic issues. This book has been written to help health professionals and social scientists to use narrative more effectively in their everyday work and writing. The book is split into three, comprehensive sections; Narratives, Counter-narratives and Meta-narratives