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Author Randall, William Lowell, 1950- author.

Title The tales that bind : a narrative model for living and helping in rural communities / William Lowell Randall, Rosemary Clews, and Dolores Furlong
Published Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 227 pages)
Contents Part I: The Context The Story of the Project. The New Brunswick Story -- The Researchers' Stories -- Rosemary's Story -- Bill's Story -- Dolores' Story
Part II: The Stories. Tales from the Front: An Introduction -- Rural Policing as Real Policing: An Officer's Tale -- Born and Bred: A Teacher's Tale -- Places, Programs, and People: A Nurse's Tale -- Developing the Community: An Activist's Tale -- The Passing of Reverend Bob: A Minister's Tale -- Becoming a Helper: A Social Work Student's Tale -- Working in an Another Language: A Doctor's Tale -- Ready to Retire: A Social Work Director's Tale -- Fish Out of Water: A Volunteer's Tale
Part III: The Lessons. A Narrative Curriculum for Rural Helping -- Recurring Themes -- The Need to Know the Story -- Strategies and Exercises -- Questions for Consideration -- Curriculum and Conversation -- Appendix: An Annotated Bibliography
Part 1. The context. The story of the project ; The New Brunswick story ; The researchers' stories -- part 2. The stories. Tales from the front: an introduction ; Rural policing as real policing: an officer's tale ; Born and bred: a teacher's tale ; Places, programs, and people: a nurse's tale ; Developing the community: an activist's tale ; The passing of Reverend Bob: a minister's tale ; Becoming a helper: a social worker's tale ; Working in another language: a doctor's tale ; Taking care of business: a social work director's tale ; Fish out of water: a volunteer's tale -- part 3. The lessons. A narrative curriculum for rural helping ; Recurring themes ; The need to know the story ; Strategies and exercises ; Questions for consideration ; Curriculum and conversation -- Appendix: An annotated bibliography
Summary The Tales that Bind presents a narrative approach to facing the challenges of working as a practitioner in social work, education, medicine, or the church in small towns, remote hamlets, and other rural settings
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-221) and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from e-book title screen (ProQuest ebrary platform, viewed June 23, 2016)
Subject Human services personnel -- New Brunswick -- Social conditions
Medical personnel -- New Brunswick -- Social conditions
Police, Rural -- New Brunswick -- Social conditions
Social service, Rural -- New Brunswick
Rural health services -- New Brunswick
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
RELIGION -- General.
Rural conditions
Rural health services
Social service, Rural
SUBJECT New Brunswick -- Rural conditions
Subject New Brunswick
Form Electronic book
Author Clews, Rosemary A. (Rosemary Arrowsmith), 1944-2012, author.
Furlong, Dolores, author.
ISBN 9781442621916
1442621915