Narrative Based Medicine

By Tisha Greenhalgh

Book Overview

Edited by two leading general practitioners and with contributions from over 20 authors, this book covers a wide range of topics to do with narrative in medicine. It includes a wealth of real examples of patients narratives and addresses theoretical and practical issues including the use of narrative as a therapeutic tool, teaching narrative to students, philosophical issues, narrative in legal and ethical decisions, narrative in nursing, and the narrative medical record.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0727912232
• ISBN13: 9780727912237
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

more than I expected

This is really an excellent book. I previously bought The illness narratives by A. Kleinmann but I found it anecdotical, yet practical. This book definitivelly is worth its price, very practical, deeply reviewed and a must read for future generations