Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-258) and index.
Contents:
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.
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