Project objective
The workshops will be facilitated by fiction writers who have the requisite insight into working with sick and marginalised people, and in relation to the educational design of the courses. This will be done by offering to train the authors.
Project results
Sufferers of serious illnesses or alcoholism are key persons in intervention, evaluation and concept development. Such patients and marginalised individuals could experience improved quality of life, including in relation to the relief of anxiety, fatigue and suffering, which will help prevent related illnesses and avoid exacerbation of existing ones.
The project will contribute with:
· Qualitative evidence that writing workshops have a positive effect on the quality of life for people with serious illnesses, or who suffer from alcoholism.
· A guide to methods of creative writing for patients and users, plus training fiction writers to facilitate writing workshops.
· An IT-supported, sustainable model that can be implemented into health care at national level.
Contact
Work package leader: Anders Juhl Rasmussen, Postdoc, Department for the Study of Culture.
Partners
Anne Marie Mai, Professor, Department for the Study of Culture
Helle Ploug Hansen, Professor, Department of Public Health, General Practice
Uffe Kock Wiil, Professor, The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Insitute
Anette Søgaard Nielsen, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Research.
Ann-Dorthe Zwisler, Professor, REHPA, Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care