Narrative medicine has developed an identity already. Clinicians of many disciplines are being summoned to a practice that recognizes patients by receiving their accounts of self. Starting from different positions, the four authors have converged in a strong and shared commitment to narrative health care. They conceptualize narrative health care practices within frameworks derived from the social sciences and psychology, and, to a lesser degree, phenomenology and autobiographical theory. They relate the development of narrative medicine to relationship-centered care, patient-centered care, and complex responsive process of relating theory, positing that narrative medicine can help clinicians to develop the skills required to practice relationship-centered care. The book details - with exercises, resource texts, and abundant scholarly apparatus - how these skills can be developed and strengthened. This work will change health care. Because of its scholarly rigor, its multi-voiced sources, and its highly practical features (lists, activities, key ideas and key references, primary texts written by health care professionals and patients), this work will be a guide in the field for those who practice medicine or nursing or social work. The book establishes that there is a field to be practised, a need to practise it, and a means to develop the wherewithal to do so.

About the Author
John D Engel, Joseph Zarconi, Lura Pethtel, Sally Missimi

Reviews
'A unique, interdisciplinary historical account, teaching guide, and call to action. It is a practical, readable guide to narrative medicine that will rejuvenate those familiar with the field and serve as an excellent introduction for newcomers[...] This is an excellent contribution to the field of narrative medicine' DOODYS REVIEW SERVICE "An outstanding contribution to today's health care world, which steadily moves toward medical practices that attempt to truly recognize, access, and hear patients' stories - readers, whether physician, nurse, physician's assistant, medical assistant, psychologist, social worker, patient, or patient's family, each with their own individual and ever-changing narrative, can expect to come away from this book changed." FAMILIES, SYSTEMS AND HEALTH



Book Information
ISBN 9781846191930
Author John D Engel
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint CRC Press
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 589g