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Chapter 11 - Narrative Health Psychology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 November 2023

Nigel Hunt
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University of Nottingham
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Narrative health psychology is a subdiscipline of health psychology that brings narratives into illness to help patients make sense of their illness in the context of their lives. Narrative health psychology can be effective in helping people with chronic conditions and with serious health problems such as cancer and heart disease because these diseases have such a large impact on people's lives (not just patients but carers and families) that it is important to consider how the disease fits in with the whole life experience of the patient.

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Print publication year: 2023

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  • Narrative Health Psychology
  • Nigel Hunt, University of Nottingham
  • Book: Applied Narrative Psychology
  • Online publication: 02 November 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009245333.012
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  • Narrative Health Psychology
  • Nigel Hunt, University of Nottingham
  • Book: Applied Narrative Psychology
  • Online publication: 02 November 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009245333.012
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  • Narrative Health Psychology
  • Nigel Hunt, University of Nottingham
  • Book: Applied Narrative Psychology
  • Online publication: 02 November 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009245333.012
Available formats
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