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Do you listen to your patients? Do you get the complete view? Wondered how patients or other people have coped with a condition or diagnosis? What is the impact of disability on a family? We’ve developed  our Patient Voices  collection to give you a different perspective from a patient’s or their family’s point of view. Read patient stories to learn more. Browse through  the Patient Voices collection  online or in the Library. Topics include: mental health dementia grief cancer stroke eating disorders Covid long term conditions parenthood physical disability learning disability and many more.

  Do you listen to your patients? Do you get the complete view? Can you learn something new from their experiences?  This Libraries Week try something different. We’ve developed our Patient Voices collection to give you a different perspective. How have patients coped with covid? What is the impact of disability on a family? How do people react to a cancer diagnosis? Read patient stories to learn more.   Access the Patient Voices collection   You can browse through the collection online via the Library Search catalogue . See something you like? Just request it and you can pick it up later. Or just pop along to the Health Library and browse the shelves – this collection is to the right as you enter through the glass doors.   What books are available? Here is a selection (from the images above):   Type 1 Diabetes: the good, the bad and the sportsman (Ian J Cuthbert)   One Tiny Fault (Abigail Halstead)   Drifting into Darkness (Paul Gilmour)  ...

  Do you listen to your patients? Do you get the complete view? We’ve developed our Patient Voices collection to give you a different perspective. How have patients coped with covid? What is the impact of disability on a family? How do people cope with a cancer diagnosis? Read patient stories to learn more. Browse through the Patient Voices collection online or in the Library.

  See the pandemic from the other side.  Read about the patient experience of covid-19. Check our Patient Voices collection for a different perspective of the patient journey. Birth stories during the covid-19 pandemic / Claire Roberts “ What was it really like for women giving birth during the Covid-19 Global Pandemic 2020 ? This collection of twenty-five Birth Stories has been written by the women who have given birth during the Covid-19 Global Pandemic. The stories are raw, personal, moving and very revealing experiences about what it has been like to give birth during these unprecedented times. The Global Covid-19 Pandemic 2020 has touched us all but for women giving birth during this time it has been particularly tough as social distancing and hospital visiting restrictions has had a significant impact on their birth experiences. During this pandemic Midwives and all Maternity Health Care Professionals have tried to make women feel as safe as possible, we have tried ...

 Reading stories can help to build empathy. The Empathy Lab UK are running Empathy Day June 10th 2021. Many of the events are aimed at younger people, with the aim of encouraging an empathy-educated generation. But it's never too late to start... What is it like to walk in your patients' shoes? Check out our Patient Voices collection to learn more about your patients, walk in their shoes and deliver better care. Our Patient Voices collection contains memoirs and biographies of all sorts of people who have encountered life-changing health challenges.  You can browse through the collection online and reserve a title; or pop into the library to choose a book.  Not a member of the Library? Learn how to join from our blog post .

 We have created a collection of books written by people living with a range of medical and health conditions. They detail their experiences both of their condition and how they deal with the healthcare system. Topics include; mental health dementia cancer stroke eating disorders parenthood physical disability learning disability and many more You can find the Patient Voices collection in the Library rotunda (at the end of the print journals shelving), or browse the collection online via Library Search .

Patient Voices Collection We have added some new titles to our Patient Voices collection. You can learn how patients cope with long term conditions, sudden trauma and mental health issues. Montage of Book Covers from the Patient Voices Collection Come along to browse through the collection in the Library rotunda or browse online via Library Search. Books in the Patient Voices collection are available to borrow on a standard loan; DVDs are available on a 7 day loan.

You can now see all the book titles in the Patient Voices Collection via the Collections option in Library Search. Screen-shot showing some the titles in the Patient Voices collection, on Library Search The Patient Voices collection includes stories from the patients’ perspective. You’ll be able to learn more about how people learn to live and cope with long term illnesses and disabilities. Browse the collection online using the link above or come along to the Rotunda in the library to have a look through the titles available. Please feel free to suggest any similar titles that you have found inspirational.

What inspired you to work in healthcare? We’ve created a new collection at the Health Library called Patient Voices. Here you can read stories from the patient perspective of how they live with, cope and manage their and their family’s healthcare situations. We have DVDs of popular films as well as a book collection. Come along to the rotunda and find the collection on the shelves at the end of the journal run. Photo of the Patient Voices collection