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Leah M Pearson

Youth Worker, Connections High School, Canberra, ACT

Navigating invisible illness: Medically unexplained symptoms and the power of narratives

This paper describes common illness narratives and how they are used by doctors and patients to make sense of symptoms. It also explores how alternative narratives can be used to empower people.

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