Sounding Narrative Medicine

Narrative medicine and narrative writing.

Narrative based medicine: why study narrative?

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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 based medicine.

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 2003, 45: 147–147 147 know they have become an object of medical interest. This only happens with certainty when the patient is asked for permission to describe them. If harm is likely to be done, it is no less harmful if they refuse. Asking the question, ‘do you mind if I write this about you?’ confirms absolutely that they are the subject in question. ...

Perspectives on narrative medicine

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