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Title:

Narrative matters : writing to change the health care system / edited by Jessica Bylander ; foreword by Abraham Verghese, MD.

Edition:

Second edition.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xxi, 301 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Medical policy.
Narrative medicine.
Delivery of Health Care.
Patient Care.
Physician-Patient Relations.
Narrative Medicine.
Medical policy.
Narrative medicine.
United States.
Collected Work.

Other Authors:

Bylander, Jessica, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The practice of medicine -- Medical innovation and research -- Patient-centered care -- The doctor-patient relationship -- Disparities and discrimination -- Aging and end-of-life care -- Maternity and childbirth -- Opioids and substance abuse.

Summary:

"This second edition features a new collection of thirty-two essays previously published in the Narrative Matters section of the journal Health Affairs in recent years. As in the first edition, the essays are divided into topical areas such as the doctor-patient relationship, health care delivery and reform, care for aging patients, and the opioid crisis. The book could be adopted for courses on medical humanities or narrative medicine. The essays are written by some of the leading popular writers in health care today"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1421437546
9781421437545
142143752X
9781421437521

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1122721747

LCCN:

2019029985

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)