Scaffolding patient agency
Conceptualising readers' cognitive work in the comic gutter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4217872 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amanda Roberts (0000-0002-1172-3242, University of Hertfordshire School of Law and Education, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 510-528 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-4593 • E-ISSN: 1461-7196 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13634593241290184 |
| PMID | 39417388 |
| OpenAlex | W4403509862 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 70 |
A life-limiting illness can erode an individual's positive sense of self. Storytelling can help counteract this, through scaffolding patients' agency and supporting them in acting to change something which matters to them. This article explains how visual stories - comics - are used within the PATCHATT intervention to support the redevelopment of a person's agential self. Through the provision of a conceptual map, this article explores the gutter as a liminal space, arguing for the importance of the deep reader engagement which takes place there. It uses Bob's comic, a story used within PATCHATT, to explore how reflexivity and imagination work together within the liminal space of the gutter to stimulate and enhance palliative care patients' agential change leadership. It concludes by considering the implications of the argument put forward for palliative care practice
Aesthetics · Art · Comics · Liminality · Literature · Narrative · Palliative care · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Storytelling · Visual arts · Comics and Graphic Narratives · Computer Science · Digital Storytelling and Education · Empathy and Medical Education · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |