Narrative Research in Health and Illness

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.Narrative Research in Health and Illness, 1 was published 2004 under ISBN 9780727917928 and ISBN 0727917927.