Bibliotherapy for hospital patients

Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/37720d74v

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Attribute Name	Values
Creator	McMillen, Paula S. Pehrsson, Dale Elizabeth
Abstract	The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of bibliotherapy in relation to hospital patients. It includes a brief history as well as discussion of practitioners, patients and problems, methodology and effectiveness. It also offers recommendations for those who provide bibliotherapy within the hospital context. The focus is on the use of bibliotherapy by professionals other than mental health practitioners. Coverage includes common literary genres that can be used for bibliotherapy addressing patients’ affective issues. This is the pre-print of an article published in the feature, "Specialty of the House" in the Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 2004 Keywords: Librarians, Bibliotherapy, Hospital patients, Psychotherapy
Resource Type	Article Preprint
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1300/J186v04n01_07
Date Available	2005-09-07T21:57:12+00:00
Date Issued	2004
Citation	McMillen, Paula S. & Dale E. Pehrsson. (2004). Bibliotherapy for hospital patients. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 4 (1), 73-81.
Journal Title	Journal of Hospital Librarianship
Journal Volume	4
Journal Issue/Number	1
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Libraries
Rights Statement	Copyright Not Evaluated
Publisher	Haworth Press
Language	English [eng]
File Format	application/msword
File Extent	46080 bytes
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/438