Reviews for Healing Dramas and Clinical Plots: The Narrative Structure of Experience

The average rating for Healing Dramas and Clinical Plots: The Narrative Structure of Experience based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-01-23 00:00:00 Jussara Giolo Silva Read this for a university research paper but I wouldn't mind a re-read based on the nature of my work now.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-04-11 00:00:00 Herbert Force This is simultaneously a dense and highly accessible book that deepens notions of illness narratives within health care. I especially appreciated Mattingly's weaving in of 'real life' stories of therapeutic interactions between occupational therapists and rehabilitation patients who are negotiating their way to some sort of healing. What I found somewhat irritating and forced in places was Mattingly's insistence on drawing parallels between these healthcare setting clinical narrative dramas/rituals and those of 'primitive' exotic (to us) communities in remote areas of the world. I realize that Mattingly is a medical anthropologist and probably feels compelled to honor her scholarly lineage, but I felt it detracted from the strength of her arguments.