Narrative-Based Practice in Health and Social Care - 9781138714373

Taylor & Francis

Narrative-Based Practice in Health and Social CareConversations Inviting Change\nAuthor(s): John Launer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138714373, 978-1138714373\nSynopsis\nNarrative-Based Practice in Health and Social Care outlines a vision of how witnessing narratives, paying attention to them, and developing an ability to question them creatively, can make the persons emerging story the central focus of health and social care, and of healing. \n\nThis text gives an account of the practical application of ideas and skills from contemporary narrative studies to health and social care. Promoting narrative-based practice in everyday encounters with patients and clients, and in supervision, teaching, teamwork and management, it presents \""Conversations Inviting Change,\"" an established narrative-based model of interactional skills. \n\nUnderpinned by an account of theory from narrative studies and related fields, .