Narrative, literature, and the clinical exercise of practical reason

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 303-320

  Hunter, Kathryn Montgomery ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical judgment; Literature; Medical ethics; Narrative; Practical reason

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LITERATURE; LOGIC; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NOTE; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; UNCERTAINTY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ETHICS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LOGIC; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; MORALS; NARRATION; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; UNCERTAINTY; WRITING;

EID: 0030158248     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/21.3.303     Document Type: Article

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