Images of Illness in Youth

Abstract

The author first demonstrates how she, in her previous practice as a cancer nurse educator, drew the attention of nurse students to their preconceptions of cancer by using creative writing and drawing methods. Several years later, as a university researcher, she found the traditional research methods unsuitable for gaining insight into motives and perspectives of vulnerable subjects. This article shows how her previous work with creative methods became an inspiration for academic writings.

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Bibi Holge-Hazelton

Bibi Holge-Hazelton is an associate professor at the Centre for Youth Research, Danish University of Education, Copenhagen, Denmark. Her research interests include youth and health, the development of health care professions, gender studies, and experimental approaches to qualitative research. Currently, she is conducting research on family doctors and vulnerable children/youth and is in charge of a practice-based research project on youth with cancer.