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THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTO ART THERAPY IN NURSING AND PATIENTS CARE - ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS' ESSAYS
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Judy Weiser, arguably one of the most influential figures of photo art therapy worldwide, characterised this field as using photographic techniques, pictures of people, including snapshots, family albums and photographs made by others (as well as the feelings, thoughts and memories induced by these pictures) as valuable channels of communication with the patient, often in a way which is impossible to reach using words only. The aim of this study was to investigate students' opinions on how photography can be used in their future professional activity, especially working with patients and their social environments. Selected essays of first-year Nursing students of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, as their personal works, have been subjected to content analysis combined with elements of narrative structure analysis, with the aim to categorise the students' proposal uses of photography in nursing and care for different groups of patients. In analysed essays there appear five main areas within the nursing practice where photography can be involved: therapy, education, health promotion and prophylactics, diagnosis, documentation. The students' statements draw attention to the possibility of employing both receptive and active photo art therapy. They see its use mainly in paediatrics, geriatrics, psychiatry and palliative care. They also specifically pointed the usefulness of photographic methods in the education of patients and staff. Interestingly, one in each 4 students mentioned not only existing photographs as a tool in therapy but also active involvement in the photographic process. In conclusion, in students' opinion photography can be used as a promising tool in their future everyday professional routine.
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