Updated second edition:“A bold and imaginative book which moves our thinking about
narratives of illness in new directions.”—Sociology of Heath and Illness Since it was first …

The legitimacy of an interest in illness narratives that is therapeutic, emancipatory, and pre-occupied
with ethics is defended in response to Atkinson’s critique of this interest as a blind …

… "The value of Frank's book lies partly in the introspective exami… "Frank emphasizes the value
of life and a return to the sense … "Arthur Frank's book is a dramatic contribution to our lives. It …

Social scientists have explored the writing of Russian literary philosopher Bakhtin from a
variety of perspectives, but little attempt has been made to apply Bakhtin’s conception of …

Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. But they do not merely entertain, inform,
or distress us—they show us what counts as right or wrong and teach us who we are and …

Narrative analysis is presented as continuous with personal storytelling in the work of remoralizing
what Weber identified as disenchanted modernity. Critics of contemporary storytelling …

… Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Arthur W. Frank, Ph.D.,
Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 …

A rhetoric formulating the self as a project for change has developed in our century. Within
this rhetoric certain events and experiences are understood as occasions for changing the self…

… Lammers might claim as an ideal for medicine what Gardner claims for art: True art is by its
nature moral. We recognize true art by its careful, thoroughly honest search for and analysis …

We report on the microstructure and dynamics of electron transport and recombination in
dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) incorporating oriented TiO 2 nanotube (NT) arrays. The …