ABSTRACT

This reader provides a diverse selection of accounts of interpersonal communication and relationships in the context of health and social care. Most of the contributions are personal narratives by people using or working in care services; the majority are contemporary and many have been written especially for this anthology. The book also includes other kinds of accounts, including attempts to encapsulate in fictional, poetic and visual form something of the nature of encounters in the context of care. There are sections on changing relationships, the way things happen, the physical context of care, difficult encounters, and working together, as well as cross-cutting themes such as power and diversity.

Relating Experience is an essential resource for students of social work, nursing, health and social policy, and for all involved in health and social care services, whether as professionals, carers or service users.

chapter |3 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter |3 pages

PART I - CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS

chapter 1|1 pages

‘GOD AND THE DOCTOR’

chapter 2|4 pages

KING’S COUNTY

chapter 3|3 pages

PROPER NAMES

chapter 4|2 pages

MEDICAL TRAINING IN THE EARLY 1960s

chapter 5|1 pages

BIRTH MEMORIES

chapter 6|1 pages

TRAINING AS A MENTAL NURSE IN THE 1960s

chapter 7|3 pages

CHANGES IN SOCIAL WORK RELATIONSHIPS

chapter |4 pages

PART II - THE WAY THINGS HAPPEN

chapter 13|7 pages

ELICITING EXPERIENCES OF DEMENTIA

chapter 14|2 pages

DEATH OF AN INVISIBLE UNCLE Valerie

chapter 15|8 pages

LISTENING

chapter 16|3 pages

WHAT IS A GOOD DOCTOR?

chapter 18|5 pages

MOMENTS IN TIME

chapter 19|6 pages

EXTERNALIZING THE PROBLEM

chapter 20|8 pages

COUNSELLING FOR TOADS

chapter 22|2 pages

DONNA

chapter 23|4 pages

TELLING OTHER PEOPLE

chapter 24|1 pages

STAT

chapter |3 pages

PART III - THE PHYSICAL CONTEXT OF CARE

chapter 25|2 pages

‘REMIND ME WHO I AM, AGAIN’-EXTRACT 1

chapter 26|2 pages

THE BED

chapter 27|3 pages

AUNTY JEAN

chapter 28|5 pages

THE EXPERIENCE OF DEMENTIA: IMPROVING CARE

chapter 29|6 pages

EXTRACT FROM ‘THE SOCIAL BABY’

chapter 31|3 pages

THE RADIOLOGICAL EYE

chapter 32|2 pages

CARE MEASUREMENT

chapter 34|3 pages

EXTRACT FROM ‘THE OFFICERS’ WARD’

chapter 35|1 pages

CARE IN THE COMMUNITY

chapter 36|2 pages

LIVING WITH A DEADLY DISEASE

chapter |4 pages

PART IV - DIFFICULT ENCOUNTERS

chapter 40|2 pages

I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO HELP HIM

chapter 41|10 pages

SEPTEMBER 11TH: A PROFESSIONAL VICTIM

chapter 43|5 pages

TEXT APPEAL

chapter 44|3 pages

GOING THE EXTRA MILE

chapter 45|5 pages

THE SOUND BARRIER

chapter 46|9 pages

EXTRACTS FROM ‘A LEG TO STAND ON’

chapter 48|2 pages

EXTRACT FROM ‘THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV’

chapter |4 pages

PART V - WORKING TOGETHER

chapter 49|3 pages

THE REUNION

chapter 50|3 pages

CLARE’S DAY

chapter 51|4 pages

SYNAPSES

chapter 52|2 pages

A GREAT DAY

chapter 53|7 pages

SOCIAL POSSESSION OF IDENTITY

chapter 54|3 pages

SURVIVING TOGETHER

chapter 55|2 pages

EFFECTIVE TEAM MEETINGS

chapter 57|6 pages

WORKING WITH TEAMS

chapter 58|5 pages

‘REMIND ME WHO I AM, AGAIN’ EXTRACT 2

chapter 60|2 pages

AN OBJECT LESSON