When Bodies Need Stories In Pictures

Professor Arthur Frank (Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Calgary).

This is an opportunity to hear Professor Frank’s expertise in global reputation for shaping the field of narrative inquiry in medical sociology and medical humanities.  His ground-breaking contributions include 'The Wounded Storyteller', one of the most cited works on illness experience and narrative ethics, while his much acclaimed 'At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness', introduced the now familiar concept of ‘the remission society’.
Research interest include the Illness, experience, healthcare and bioethics; Narrative inquiry and narrative practice; Sociology of the body; Sociology theory.

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