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Catttt Posted 11 years ago
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"narrative of medicine"
Does "narrative of medicine" here mean "the experience of patients of the treatment procedure"?
Sufferers of diseases need not feel ignorant and helpless, they can come to the surgery armed with information gleaned from specialist websites, bringing the subjective experience of illness into the clinical diagnosis and taking a view on the range of treatments available. At the same time doctors and clinicians have become interested in the ‘narrative of medicine’ and the value of subjective experience in diagnosis and treatment.
Sufferers of diseases need not feel ignorant and helpless, they can come to the surgery armed with information gleaned from specialist websites, bringing the subjective experience of illness into the clinical diagnosis and taking a view on the range of treatments available. At the same time doctors and clinicians have become interested in the ‘narrative of medicine’ and the value of subjective experience in diagnosis and treatment.
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People bring their specific personal history with the psychological background leading up to the hospital visit, so that the doctor can put the current complaint into perspective. This forms a learning experience for the medical practitioners and a narrative to compare with similar cases. Look up ‘narrative medicine’ in Wikipedia.
- People bring their specific personal history with the psychological background leading up to the hospital visit, so that the doctor can put the current complaint into perspective.
- This forms a learning experience for the medical practitioners and a narrative to compare with similar cases.
- Look up ‘narrative medicine’ in Wikipedia.
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People bring their specific personal history with the psychological background leading up to the hospital visit, so that the doctor can put the current complaint into perspective. This forms a learning experience for the medical practitioners and a narrative to compare with similar cases. Look up ‘narrative medicine’ in Wikipedia.
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