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Use of biography in the development of applicable knowledge
Author(s)Donald E Polkinghorne
Journal titleAgeing and Society, vol 16, part 6, November 1996
Pagespp 721-745
KeywordsMemory and Reminiscence ; Consultation ; Diagnosis ; Medical workers.
AnnotationClinicians can find narrative biographical knowledge of older adult clients useful in giving social and cultural meaning to distresses and symptoms. Through experience, practitioners develop a collection of remembered narratives of clients they have assisted, so that when working with new clients, it is possible to compare similarities and differences of their present client to a remembered past client. This narrative understanding of the client provides an integrated view of the influence of general social and biological contexts with the unique values, aims, and history of the client.
Accession NumberCPA-970221028 A
ClassmarkDB: LK6: LK7: QT

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