Being John Malkovich: Truth, imagination, and story in medicine

Literature and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 439-462

  DasGupta, Sayantani ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^c Faculty of the Health Advocacy Graduate Program

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

HUMANS; IMAGINATION; NARRATION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 34548190545     PISSN: 02789671     EISSN: 10806571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lm.2007.0003     Document Type: Review

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