Narrative Based Medicine: Dialogue and Discourse in Clinical Practice

By Tisha Greenhalgh

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: B007YW6EVG
• ISBN13: 9780727912237
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Bmj Publishing Group
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 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