Narrative matters in medical contexts across disciplines / Edited by Franziska Gygax, Miriam A. Locher, University of Basel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gygax, Franziska, editor.

Locher, Miriam A., 1972- editor.

Series:

Studies in narrative ; v. 20.

Studies in Narrative, 1568-2706 ; volume 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical writing.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Patients' writings.

Sick--Psychology.

Sick.

Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.

Physical Description:

vi, 217 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]

Contents:

1 Acknowledgments p. vii

2 Introduction to narrative matters in medical contexts across disciplines p. 1 / Franziska Gygax; Miriam A. Locher

3 Narrative texts on illness and medicine

4 Autism and the American dream p. 15 / Annette Kern-Stähler; Anna Thiemann

5 "Woundable, around the bounds" p. 33 / Franziska Gygax

6 Pox pain and redeeming narratives in Renaissance Europe p. 47 / Dominique Brancher

7 Narrative practices in health contexts

8 Illness narratives in the psychotherapeutic session p. 73 / Brigitte Boothe

9 Narratives that matter. Illness stories in the 'third space' of qualitative interviewing p. 99 / Gabriele Lucius-Hoene; Sandra Adami; Janka Koschack

10 "I would suggest you tell this ^^^ to your doctor" p. 117 / Cynthia Gordon

11 A genre analysis of reflective writing texts by English medical students p. 141 / Miriam A. Locher; Regula Koenig; Janine Meier

12 Narratives and the medical humanities

13 Against compassion p. 167 / Lisa Diedrich

14 Applying narrative to medical education p. 183 / Femi Oyebode; Victoria Tischler

15 Bionotes p. 207

16 Subject Index p. 211

17 Name Index p. 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Narrative matters in medical contexts across disciplines

ISBN:

9789027226600

9027226601

OCLC:

894931381