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Chief Concern of Medicine

by Ronald Schleifer
Jerry Vannatta
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An interdisciplinary project that aims at demonstrating the importance of humanistic understanding in the intellectual and everyday practices of medicine|

Unlike any existing studies of the medical humanities, The Chief Concern of Medicine brings 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.

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Publisher: University of Michigan Press

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  • ISBN: 9780472028863
  • File size: 1429 KB
  • Release date: January 28, 2013

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  • ISBN: 9780472028863
  • File size: 1429 KB
  • Release date: January 28, 2013

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Essays Literary Criticism Medical Nonfiction

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English

An interdisciplinary project that aims at demonstrating the importance of humanistic understanding in the intellectual and everyday practices of medicine|

Unlike any existing studies of the medical humanities, The Chief Concern of Medicine brings 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.

Expand title description text
Essays Literary Criticism Medical Nonfiction