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Title Voices of illness : negotiating meaning and identity / edited by Peter Bray
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill/Rodopi, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 322 pages) : illustrations
Series At the interface/probing the boundaries ; volume 120
At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 120.
Contents Narrative medicine and storytelling : an alternative method for healing / Victorria Simpson-Gervin -- AIDS awakens ancient stories / Deborah Eve Freedman -- Life story sharing : a therapeutic intervention in palliative care / Miranda Quinney, Alison Ward and Jane Youell -- The collective production of a shared narrative surrounding sexual violence trauma / Elena Sharratt -- Stories of journeys home : reuniting ancestors, images, and the underworld / Alexandra Fidyk -- Making and sharing meaning out of terminal illness / Pam Morrison and Annie McGregor -- Toni Cade Bambara's The salt eaters : hearing the silent voice of pain / Yomna Saber -- Voices of depression : an analysis of a collective narrative / Hans T. Sternudd -- A shared story of professional practice : therapists make meaning of spirituality / Peter Bray -- Dementia fiction : giving voice to an experience beyond language / Naomi Kruger -- Developing a relational narrative about diabetes : towards a polyphonic story / Mirjam Stuij, Agnes Elling, Anja Tramper and Tineke Abma -- Self-reflexivity in oral history research : the role of positionality and emotions / Verusca Calabria -- The voiceless and the vocal : infection literature and the sign of the four / Justyna Jajszczok
Summary This book is a scholarly collection of interdisciplinary perspectives and practices that examine the positive potential of attending to the voices and stories of those who live and work with illness in real world settings. Its international contributors offer case studies and research projects illustrating how illness can disrupt, highlight and transform themes in personal narratives, forcing the creation of new biographies. As exercises in narrative development and autonomy, the evolving content and expression of illness stories are crucial to our understanding of the lived experience of those confronting life changes. The international contributors to this volume demonstrate the importance of hearing, understanding and effectively liberating voices impacted by illness and change. Contributors include Tineke Abma, Peter Bray, Verusca Calabria, Agnes Elling, Deborah Freedman, Alexandra Fidyk, Justyna Jajszczok, Naomi Krüger, Annie McGregor, Pam Morrison, Miranda Quinney, Yomna Saber, Elena Sharratt, Victorria Simpson-Gervin, Hans T. Sternudd, Mirjam Stuij, Anja Tramper, Alison Ward and Jane Youell
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 18, 2019)
Subject Narrative medicine.
Narrative Medicine -- methods
Narration
Narrative medicine
Form Electronic book
Author Bray, Peter (Writer on post-traumatic growth), editor.
LC no. 2019003900
ISBN 9004396063
9789004396067