Creative writing in health and social care / edited by Fiona Sampson ; foreword by Christina Patterson.

London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.

240 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-227) and indexes.

Foreword, Christina Patterson, Director of the Poetry Society. Editor's Introduction, Fiona Sampson, Oxford Brookes University. Part One: The Range of Creative Writing in Health and Social Care. Introduction: A Writer's Field, Paul Munden, National Association of Writers in Education. 1. Communicating Existential Issues through Reading Poetry: A Project in a Swedish Hospice, Inger Eriksson, Lund Hospice, Sweden. 2. "It is Mine! It is Mine!": Writing and Dementia, John Killick, University of Stirling. 3. "Mission Impossible": Storymaking with Disabled Children Attending Integrated Clubs in Macedonia, Aleksandar Prokopiev, University of Sts Cyril and Methodius, Skopje. 4. Writing as Therapeutic Practice: Students, Teachers, Writers, Maureen Freely, University of Warwick. 5. A Case Study: The Kingfisher Project, Graham Hartill, freelance practitioner; Jill Lowe and Catherine Sandbrook, Salisbury Arts Centre; Sam Moran, Upstarts; Sister Maria Purse, Salisbury Palliative Care; Emma Ryder-Richardson, Artscare; Fiona Sampson. Part Two: Thinking; Through Practice. Introduction: A Providers' Experience, Sue Stewart, Write2B. 6. Writing, Education and Therapy: Literature in the Training of Clinicians, Robin Downie, University of Glasgow. 7. Fragile Space: Therapeutic Relationship and the Word, Rose Flint, freelance practitioner. 8. Writing and Reflexivity: Training to Facilitate Writing for Personal Development, Celia Hunt, University of Sussex. 9. Any-angled Light: Diversity and Inclusion Through Teaching Poetry in Health and Social Care, Dominic Mcloughlin, LAPIDUS. 10. Notes Towards a Therapeutic Use for Creative Writing in Occupational Therapy, Nick Pollard, Doncaster South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust. 11. Evaluating Creative Writing in Health and Social Care: Some Principles, Fiona Sampson. References. Index.

Copy 1. Donor: Arts for Health.