Stories of Sickness.
Our personalities and our identities are intimately bound up with the stories that we tell to organize and to make sense of our lives. To understand the human meaning of illness, we therefore must turn to the stories we tell about illness, suffering, and medical care. Stories of Sickness explores th...
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Oxford University Press,
2002
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Storytelling in Medicine
- Chapter 2. The Nature and Complexities of Narrative
- Chapter 3. Dimensions of Sickness
- Chapter 4. Sickness, Life Stories, and Self-Respect
- Chapter 5. Types of Stories about Sickness
- Chapter 6. Sick Roles: Practices and Life Plans
- Chapter 7. How Sickness Alters Experience
- Chapter 8. Sickness and Social Relations
- Chapter 9. Stories of Life with Disability
- Chapter 10. Maladaptive Ways of Being Sick
- Chapter 11. What Is Narrative Ethics?
- Chapter 12. How Does One Do Narrative Ethics?
- Chapter 13. Rigor in Narrative Judgments
- Chapter 14. Ethics and the Life-Span Narrative
- Chapter 15. Conclusion: The Patient-Health Professional Relationship as a Narrative
- References
- Index
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