Heard helped healed : the healing power of storytelling / Dr Terry J. Hannan ; [art and poems by Lorraine Riggall]

"Heard Helped Healed, is hopefully a positive evolution from my first book, Bedside Stories. From the writing of Bedside Stories, I had prior knowledge of what I as a physician experienced when the individual related their unique stories. What I then wanted to know was what the person experienced in the telling their story and how it affected their life. I wanted them to relate to me in their own words which is why there has been no editing of their submissions. The stories in this book also reveal how modern technologies can lead the healer away from the need to listed to the suffering person. Is this a reality? The answer is yes. I hope readers find this book interesting and helpful. Is it a testament to those individuals who carry enormous 'dis-ease' burdens and their associated costs, physical and nonphysical. It also documents how technology can be a powerful diagnostic support mechanism, but also it can be a distractor for the person with the health disorder."--Back cover.