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Narrative medicine : honoring the stories of illness /

In this important and long-awaited book Rita Charon provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the conceptual principles underlying narrative medicine, as well as a practical guide for implementing narrative methods in health care. A true milestone in the field, it will interest general...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Charon, Rita
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. What is narrative medicine?
  • The sources of narrative medicine
  • Bridging health care's divides
  • Narrative features of medicine
  • pt. 2. Narratives of illness
  • Telling one's life
  • The patient, the body, and the self
  • pt. 3. Developing narrative competence
  • Close reading
  • Attention, representation, and affiliation
  • The parallel chart
  • pt. 4. Dividends of narrative medicine
  • Bearing witness
  • The bioethics of narrative medicine
  • A narrative vision for health care.