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Client narratives: a theoretical perspective.

Deborah Dysart Gale·Ann M Mitchell·Linda Garand·Susan Wesner
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The role of subjective client narratives in health care represents a clinical and therapeutic tool, useful in complementing objective, scientific data. Of particular interest to mental health practitioners is the role narratives play as a therapeutic tool to guide clinical practice. This paper lays a foundation for understanding the importance of narrative in the psychotherapeutic process. It provides a brief overview of narrative theory and methods of structural analysis in order to provide a theoretical approach that can be utilized by nurses to address clients' needs.

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Deborah Dysart Gale, Ann M Mitchell, Linda Garand, Susan Wesner. Client narratives: a theoretical perspective.. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840305306

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