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Fiction featuring Care Experience

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Doctor Zhivago

Boris Leonidovich Pasternak

2011

Set in Russia during the first half of the twentieth century during the most radical revolution of the age. Seen through the life of Yuri Zhivago, physician and poet, who has to come to terms with the new world and his love for two women. As a young boy he was in kinship care with his uncle.

Children and young people in social care, and those who have left, are often subject to stigmatisation and discrimination. Being stigmatised and discriminated against can impact negatively on mental health and wellbeing not only during the care experience but often for many years after too. The project aims to contribute towards changing community attitudes towards care experienced people as a group. See glossary HERE


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