Narrative Medicine
Bibliotherapist or writer? Australia Council funded writer-in-residence Fiona Place examines the use of literature in therapeutic communities. Informed by social semiotics her perspective is unique.

Writing or therapy?
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Bibliotherapist or Community Writer? These complex issues are explored in depth.
Motherhood and genetic screening
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Motherhood and genetic screening published in DownsEd online Research and Practice.
Cardboard Chapter One
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Chapter 1 from the award-winning novel Cardboard; a narrative of recovery from anorexia nervosa
Deconstructing medical texts
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Textual analysis of the language used in a psychiatric article concerning the NSW Mental Health Act
Creative writing for nurses
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Why a course in creative writing is of great benefit for student nurses
The medical history
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Textual analysis of 'how to take a history' from the classic nursing text Whaley and Wong
Hysteria
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A social semiotic analysis of articles on eating and brain disorders in the popular press.
Slimming down, Speaking less
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This paper examines the language of anorexia nervosa using narrative theory