Narrative medicine in medical diagnosis

Narrative based medicine: narrative in medical ethics.

References The contributions of narrative to medical ethics come primarily in two ways: firstly, from the use of stories (narratives) for their mimetic content—that is, for what they say; and secondly, from the methods of literary criticism and narrative theory for their analysis of diegetic form—that is, for their understanding of how stories are told and why it matters. Although narrative and...

Narrative medicine and narrative writing.

The power of reflective writing: narrative medicine and medical education.

There is no doubt that medicine is an art and a science. Today, practicing medicine as science is probably much easier than practicing medicine as art, in light of the dazzling advances in medical technology and informatics. Even before technology gained the upper hand, patients were healed by physicians when most of the remedies were useless if not harmful, and when remedies were driven by the...

Humanity before Science: Narrative Medicine, Clinical Practice, and Medical Education.

Narrative based medicine: why study narrative?

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