What I've learned: Stories from inside the health care community

Storytelling, Self, Society

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-131

  Clarke, Linda E ^a,b,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Yale School of Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 79960636223     PISSN: 15505340     EISSN: 19320280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15505341003684590     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Excerpts from the story were published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (Pauls, Merril, Emma Burns, and Linda Clarke. "The Teacher. " Canadian Medical Association Journal 2004 May; 170: 1706.). The story also was broadcast on CBC Radio One, "Maritime Magazine, " in May 2003.
2. Throughout this essay, certain names have been changed where necessary to protect confidentiality and privacy.
3. The term "narrative medicine" has been made popular in the field of medical humanities, particularly over the past ten years. While many are working with story (in its many iterations), Dr. Rita Charon, of Columbia Medical School has been influential in framing the field. I am interested in the roles of story and storytelling in health care as well as in medicine. Therefore, I am more comfortable with the terms "narrative health care" and "health care humanities. " Truthfully, I am most comfortable with the terms "story" and "storytelling. " One of many useful resources for health care humanities and narrative medicine and narrative health care is the NYU Database: litmed. med. nyu. edu