https://doi.org/10.4081/qrmh.2022.10898
The practice of qualitative inquiry in illness narrative scholarship
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It has been more than 30 years since Arthur Kleinman first published The Illness Narratives; Suffering, Healing and the Human Condition.1 In his preface, Kleinman referred to the case of a young burn victim:
She taught me a grand lesson in patient care: that it is possible to talk with patients, even those who are most distressed, about the actual experience of illness, and the witnessing and helping to order that experience can be of therapeutic value. (p. xii) [...]
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Fischer, A., Shapiro, J., Nguyen, T., Meckler, G., Lam, T., Mai, U., … Haq, C. (2022) Views from the trenches: California family physicians’ challenges and resilience factors while providing patient care during the initial wave of COVID-19. Qualitative Research in Medicine and healthcare, 6(2), 10296.
Frank, A. W. (1995). The wounded storyteller; Body, illness & ethics. The University of Chicago Press.
Kleinman, A. (1988). The illness narratives; Suffering, healing & the human condition. Basic Books.
MacDougall, A. G., Price, E., Glen, S., Wiener, J. C., Kukan, S., Powe, L., … Norman R. M. G. (2022) A pilot study of participatory video in early psychosis: Qualitative findings. Qualitative Research in Medicine and healthcare, 6(2), 10438.
Tullis, J. A. (2022) Tumor talk: A descriptive study of communication about tumor board meetings. Qualitative Research in Medicine and healthcare, 6(2), 10717.
How to Cite
Bareiss, Warren. 2022. “The Practice of Qualitative Inquiry in Illness Narrative Scholarship”. Qualitative Research in Medicine and Healthcare 6 (2). https://doi.org/10.4081/qrmh.2022.10898.
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