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The Chief Concern of Medicine: The Integration of the Medical Humanities and Narrative Knowledge into Medical Practices
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Description for The Chief Concern of Medicine: The Integration of the Medical Humanities and Narrative Knowledge into Medical Practices
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary project that aims at demonstrating the importance of humanistic understanding in the intellectual and everyday practices of medicine Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 794.
Unlike any existing studies of the medical humanities, The Chief Concern of Medicinebrings to the examination of medical practices a thorough—and clearly articulated—exposition of the nature of narrative. The book builds on the work of linguistics, semiotics, narratology, and discourse theory and examines numerous literary works and narrative "vignettes" of medical problems, situations, and encounters. Throughout, the book presents usable expositions of the ways storytelling organizes itself to allow physicians and other healthcare workers (and even patients themselves) to be more attentive to and self-conscious about the information—the "narrative knowledge"—of the patient's story.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472118595
SKU
V9780472118595
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Ref
99-15
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Ronald Schleifer, Ph.D., is George Lynn Cross Research Professor of English and Adjunct Professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma. Jerry B. Vannatta, M.D., is a David Ross Boyd Professor of Medicine and the John Flack Burton Professor of Humanities in Medicine at the University of Oklahoma.
Reviews for The Chief Concern of Medicine: The Integration of the Medical Humanities and Narrative Knowledge into Medical Practices
"The Chief Concern of Medicine is a formidable and enticing book, one that works hard to situate the burgeoning field of Medical Humanities solidly within the landscape of critical thinking. It represents significant contributions both to scholarship in Medical Humanities and to the continuing education of physicians and medical students in the skills and narrative arts vital to effective clinical ... Read more