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The chief concern of medicine : the integration of the medical humanities and narrative knowledge into medical practices /
Unlike any existing studies of the medical humanities, 'The Chief Concern of Medicine' brings to the examination of medical practices a thorough - and clearly articulated - exposition of the nature of narrative. The book builds on the work of linguistics, semiotics, narratology, and discou...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
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Ann Arbor :
The University of Michigan Press,
©2013.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Medicine, narrative, and schema-based understanding
- Part 1. Phonetic Skills : The Technē of Medicine
- 1. The functional realism of medicine
- 2. Modalities of science : Narrative, phronesis, and the skills (technē) of medicine
- 3. The chief concern of medicine : Narrative knowledge and schema-based practice
- 4. The logic of diagnosis : Peirce, literary narrative, and the history of present illness
- Part 2. The Work of Narrative in Practices of Medicine
- 5. The patient-physician relationship : The scene of narration
- 6. The patient's story : The apprehension of narration
- 7. Doctors listening and attending to patients : Response and engagement with acts of narration
- Part 3. Schema-Based Medicine
- 8. Narrative and medicine : Schemas of narration
- 9. Narrative and everyday medical ethics : Schemas of action
- Conclusion
- 10. Reading 'The Death of Ivan Ilych'
- Afterword : The nexus of literature and medicine ; The interactions of patient and physician
- Appendix 1. Humanities as a discipline
- Appendix 2. Checklists for skills in listening, interviewing, and action
- Appendix 3. A compilation of schemas for medical practices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.