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Storylines, Causes, and the Locus of Interventions

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A key implication of storylines is that reality is never simply encountered. No aspect of social life, in fact, escapes from language and the accompanying interpretations. As a result, behavior and events are uncertain, until their meaning is constructed. Facts, in this regard, are interpersonally developed, due to their dependence on human action (Pollner 1991). But how life in a community is interpreted is something that often defies prediction.

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  1. Department of Sociology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA

    John W. Murphy

  2. Department of Social Medicine, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, OH, USA

    Berkeley A. Franz

  3. Department of Sociology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

    Jung Min Choi

  4. Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL, USA

    Karen A. Callaghan

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Murphy, J.W., Franz, B.A., Choi, J.M., Callaghan, K.A. (2017). Storylines, Causes, and the Locus of Interventions. In: Narrative Medicine and Community-Based Health Care and Planning. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61857-9_4

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