Quite a bit on this in this book, especially but not only in the section "Dis-ease narratives: Making and Listening". Narrative is actually one of the major themes of the whole book. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/feeling-d...

Feeling Dis-ease in Modern History

This book explores experiences of illness, broadly construed. It encompasses the emotional and sensory disruptions that attend disease, injury, mental illness o…

This looks brilliant - thanks so much for the link!