COLLAB 3D03 - Illness Narratives in Fiction and Non-Fiction

3 unit(s)

This seminar-based course will use fictional literature (poetry, short stories and excerpts from novels) as well as first-person accounts (writings of actual patients and health-care workers) to explore the psychological, emotional and relational aspects of patient experiences of such conditions as cancer, heart disease, disability, AIDS, mental illness and chronic pain conditions.
Lecture (one hour), tutorial (two hours); one term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above in either the B.Sc.N. Basic (A) Stream or Post Diploma R.P.N. (E) Stream (Conestoga College site)