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Poetry and well-being: a pilot programme to evaluate the impact of creative writing for patients in short-term and long-term rehabilitation.
Med Humanit
November 2024
ACT Government Health, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
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- Creative writing, especially poetry, serves as a valuable therapeutic tool in healthcare, assisting individuals dealing with various physical and mental health challenges.
- A project was conducted through eight creative writing workshops aimed at providing a safe space for participants to share their work and express themselves creatively, which took place from February to May 2023 with fourteen individuals involved.
- Evaluation of the program showed overwhelmingly positive feedback, highlighting the importance of creative expression in fostering self-reflection and empowering participants to share their unique experiences.
Stories of chronic illness: exploring qualitative data through poetic transcriptions.
Med Humanit
October 2024
Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
As a research technique, poetic transcription transforms people's stories and enables deeper analysis and engagement between participants, readers and researchers. Chronic illness is often characterised as a 'biographical disruption', which may threaten a patient's self-identity and equanimity. Such disruptions often influence patients' perceptions of imminent life changes, social relationships and cognitive and material resources.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSilent Speech in Phaswane Mpe's HIV/AIDS Writing.
J Med Humanit
August 2024
Capilano University, North Vancouver, BC, Canada.
South African writer Phaswane Mpe (1970-2004) is often canonized and memorialized as a brave truth-teller who broke the silence on HIV/AIDS in the context of government silence and denial. And yet Mpe's writings-including poetry, short stories, a novel, and scholarly criticism-contemplate illness as a problem for truth and representation in works that linger in silence and ambiguity. This article analyses the tension between silence and speech in Mpe's creative writing in response to HIV/AIDS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEthics and curricular competencies during a three-hour poetry workshop for health professionals.
Indian J Med Ethics
August 2024
Director-Professor of Physiology, and Founding member of the Health Humanities Group, Univer-sity College of Medical Sciences, Delhi 110095, INDIA.
Poetry is a powerful tool to promote communication, develop insight and empathy, examine ethical issues, and challenge assumptions. We have been using poetry in health professions education for many years and wished to capture its impact on healthcare learners and professionals, with a focus on competencies essential to healthcare providers. A three-hour poetry workshop was conducted during the National Conference for Health Professions Educators, 2022, for volunteers from the health professions.
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