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what is health?
a state of complete physical, mental, social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
what is epidemiology?
the study of the occurrence and distribution of health-related events, states, or processes in specified populations, including the study of the determinants influencing such processes and the application of this knowledge to control relevant health problems
what is humanities?
human feelings
how do issues arise in health?
when people have the incorrect perspectives with people
is story telling active or not?
active
how can we tell the difference between a good story and a bad story?
cultural specific
what can stories provoke?
emotions in the audience by the way the story teller is being active and drawing the story
what are narritives doing?
not accidental
they know how to calculate and put together a good story
what is story telling useful for?
in a clinical situation such as a patient telling a story and the doctor asking questions
what can asking questions do?
can be a form of story telling
what is self talk?
is like telling a story to yourself and can be useful for self healing
what can story telling identify?
illness from a patient to a doctor
what are the 4 types of stories?
restitution
chaos
quest
testimonial
who tell restitution stories?
people who are recently ill but were fine not that long ago but are fine now
what do restitution stories do?
help people and tell the story
who cant tell restitutional stories?
people who have not healed from an illness
what are chaos endings like?
hard to bare, not great endings
what do chaos stories tell?
people who cant escape their illness or a break up with a romantic partner
what can a health care person do about a chaos story?
there isn’t much that they can do so all that they can do is sit and listen
what type of story keeps people down?
chaos
what do quest stories tell?
a departure as they go on a journey
the story teller is heroic in the story
what does the audience behave like in a quest story?
see this as endurance and forbearance and can strike hope in the audience
what are a good example of a quest story?
alcoholics anonymous by telling stories to help lift up people and keep each other sober
what do testimonial stories do to the audience?
makes us believe