title: Autoethnographic ethics and rewriting the fragmented self.
abstract: The paper begins with a summary of severe mental health difficulties I had in recent years. The narrative then turns to the crisis of representation in the social sciences which gave rise to autoethnographic ethics. Autoethnographic writing is compared and contrasted with realist writing, the former being seen to be accorded with several advantages when 'writing the self'. It is argued that culture flows through self and vice versa, and that this is captured well in autoethnographic work. The various forms of ethics are brought to light in relation to my experiences of state acute mental health care.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton BN1 9PH, UK. info@fusionpsychotherapy.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D000884:Anthropology, Cultural / Q000941:ethics*; D001325:Autobiographies as Topic; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D003469:Culture; D004532:Ego; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D033262:Narration; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012942:Social Sciences; D006113:United Kingdom; D014956:Writing