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Narrative medicine
Narrative medicine is the discipline of applying the skills used in analyzing literature to interviewing patients.[1] The premise of narrative medicine is that how a patient speaks about his or her illness or complaint is analogous to how literature offers a plot (an interconnected series of events) with characters (the patient and others) and is filled with metaphors (picturesque, emotional, and symbolic ways of speaking), and that becoming conversant with the elements of literature facilitates understanding the stories that patients bring.[2] Narrative Medicine is a diagnostic and comprehensive approach that utilizes patients' narratives in clinical practice, research, and education to promote healing. Beyond attempts to reach accurate diagnoses,[3] it aims to address the relational and psychological dimensions that occur in tandem with physical illness.[4] Narrative medicine aims not only to validate the experience of the patient, it also encourages creativity and self-reflection in the physician.
- ^ Thernstrom, Melanie (18 April 2004). "The Writing Cure". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Samuel, Sigal (5 March 2020). "This doctor is taking aim at our broken medical system, one story at a time". Vox. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ Rosti, G. (2017). "Role of narrative-based medicine in proper patient assessment". Supportive Care in Cancer. 25 (Suppl 1): 3–6. doi:10.1007/s00520-017-3637-4. PMC 5357296. PMID 28220317.
- ^ "Narrative Medicine | NYU School of Law". www.law.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
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