Health, illness and culture : broken narratives / edited by Lars-Christer Hyden and Jens Brockmeier - New York : Routledge, 2008 - vi, 189 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: from the retold to the performed story / Lars-Christer Hyden and Jens Brockmeier -- Language, experience, and the'traumatic gap': how to talk about 9/11? / Jens Brockmeier -- Broken and vicarious voices in narratives / Lars-Christer Hyden -- Talking about the unthinkable: neurotrauma and the'catastrophic reaction' / Maria I. Medved and Jens Brockmeier -- Stories that are ready to break / Cheryl F. Mattingly -- Globally distributed silences, and broken narratives about HIV / Georg Drakos -- Caring for the dead: broken narratives of internment / Arthur W. Frank --'You have to ask a little': troublesome storytelling about contested illness / Pia Bulow -- Break-up narratives / Margareta Hyden -- Beyond narrative: dementia's tragic promise / Mark Freeman

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Attitude to health
Narration
Adaptation, Psychological
Culture
Professional-Patient Relations

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