Healing dramas and clinical plots: the narrative structure of experience
Auteur :
Mattingly, Cheryl
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521630047
Date de publication :
8 oct. 1998
Dimensions :
23,6 x 15,7 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
445 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
There is growing interest 'therapeutic narratives', stories which help to explain why people need to create stories with a specific narrative form. This ethnography of a hospital practice of occupational therapy describes how participants transform ordinary clinical interchange into a standardized story-line.