Narratives, Health, and Healing: Communication Theory, Research, and Practice

by Harter,Lynn M.; Harter,Lynn M.

• ISBN13: 9780805850314
• ISBN10: 0805850317
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-05-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This distinctive collection explores the use of narratives in the social construction of wellness and illness. Narratives, Health, and Healing emphasizes what the process of narrating accomplishes--how it serves in the health communication process where people define themselves and present their social and relational identities. Organized into four parts, the chapters included here examine health narratives in interpersonal relationships, organizations, and public fora. The editors provide an extensive introduction to weave together the various threads in the volume, highlight the approach and contribution of each chapter, and bring to the forefront the increasingly important role of narrative in health communication. This volume offers important insights on the role of narrative in communicating about health, and it will be of great interest to scholars and graduate students in health communication, health psychology, and public health. It is also relevant to medical, nursing, and allied health readers.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Arthur W. Frank
Preface and Acknowledgments	xv
Part I: Overview of Narrative and Health Communication Theorizing
Introduction
Phyllis M. Japp
Lynn M. Harter
Christina S. Beck
Vital Problematics of Narrative Theorizing About Health and Healing	7	(24)
Lynn M. Harter
Phyllis M. Japp
Christina S. Beck
Narrating Problems and Problematizing Narratives: Linking Problematic Integration and Narrative Theory in Telling Stories About Our Health	31	(30)
Austin S. Babrow
Kimberly N. Kline
William K. Rawlins
Part II: Personal Narratives and Public Dialogues
Introduction
Phyllis M. Japp
Becoming the Story: Narratives as Collaborative, Social Enactments of Individual, Relational, and Public Identities	61	(22)
Christina S. Beck
Time, Technology, and Meritocracy: The Disciplining of Women's Bodies in Narrative Constructions of Age-Related Infertility	83	(24)
Lynn M. Harter
Erika L. Kirby
Autumn Edwards
Andrea McClanahan
Desperately Seeking Legitimacy: Narratives of a Biomedically Invisible Disease	107	(24)
Phyllis M. Japp
Debra K. Japp
Death as the Representative Anecdote in the Construction of the Collegiate ``Binge-Drinking'' Problem	131	(18)
Thomas Workman
State-Induced Illness and Forbidden Stories: The Role of Storytelling in Healing Individual and Social Traumas in Romania	149	(20)
Teodora Carabas
Lynn M. Harter
Cross-Border Mass-Mediated Health Narratives: Narrative Transparency, ``Safe Sex,'' and Indian Viewers	169	(28)
Arvind Singhal
Ketan Chitnis
Ami Sengupta
Part III: Narrating and Organizing Health Care Events and Resources
Introduction
Lynn M. Harter
Our Family's Physician	197	(20)
William K. Rawlins
Narrative Knowledge Development Among Caregivers: Stories From the Nurses' Station	217	(20)
Jayne Morgan-Witte
Rx Story Prescriptions: Healing Effects of Storytelling and Storylistening in the Practice of Medicine	237	(22)
Sunwolf
Lawrence R. Frey
Lisa Keranen
Narrative Medicine and Education in Palliative Care	259	(18)
Sandra L. Ragan
Tiffany Mindt
Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles
Contesting Narratives of Workplace Maternity	277	(18)
Patrice M. Buzzanell
Laura L. Ellingson
Wholeness in a Breaking World: Narratives as Sustenance for Peace	295	(30)
Magdalyn Z. Miller
Patricia Geist Martin
Kristen Cannon Beatty
Part IV: Narrative Sense-Making About Self and Other
Introduction
Christina S. Beck
How I Fired My Surgeon and Embraced an Alternate Narrative	325	(18)
Barbara F. Sharf
``My Mom Had a Stroke'': Understanding How Patients Raise and Providers Respond to Psychosocial Concerns	343	(22)
Wayne A. Beach
Jenny Mandelbaum
Constructing Life and Death Through Final Conversation Narratives	365	(26)
Maureen P. Keeley
Jody Koenig Kellas
An Examination of the Role of Narratives and Storytelling in Bereavement	391	(22)
Cecilia Bosticco
Teresa L. Thompson
Agency Through Narrative: Patients Managing Cancer Care in a Challenging Environment	413	(20)
Dan O'Hair
Denise Scannell
Sharlene Thompson
Afterword: Continuing the Conversation: Reflections on Our Emergent Scholarly Narratives	433	(12)
Christina S. Beck
Lynn M. Harter
Phyllis M. Japp
Contributor Biographical Statements	445	(12)
References	457	(46)
Author Index	503	(10)
Subject Index	513