Cultivating Compassion

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Cultivating Compassion

How Digital Storytelling is Transforming Healthcare

Society and culture: general Cultural studies Media studies Psychology Medicine: general issues Computer applications in the arts and humanities Computer applications in the social and behavioural sciences

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Language: English

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Published on: 2 March 2018

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 3 Mb

ISBN: 9783319641461


Overview

This book explores how digital storytelling can catalyze change in healthcare. Edited by the co-founders of the award-winning Patient Voices Programme, the authors discuss various applications for this technique; from using digital storytelling as a reflective process, to the use of digital stories in augmenting quantitative data.

Contents

Through six main sections this second edition covers areas including healthcare education, patient engagement, quality improvement and the use of digital storytelling research.

Impact

The chapters illuminate how digital storytelling can lead to greater humanity, understanding and, ultimately, compassion.

Audience

This collection will appeal to those involved in delivering, managing or receiving healthcare and healthcare education and research, as well as people interested in digital storytelling and participatory media.

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