The chief concern of medicine the integration of the medical humanities and narrative knowledge into medical practices / Ronald Schleifer and Jerry B. Vannatta with Sheila Crow and a contribution by Seth Vannatta.

Author/creator Schleifer, Ronald
Other author Vannatta, Jerry.
Other author Crow, Sheila.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press,
Descriptionxvi, 456 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

Contents The functional realism of medicine -- Modalities of science : narrative, phronesis, and the skills of medicine -- The chief concern of medicine : narrative knowledge and schema-based practice -- The logic of diagnosis : peirce, literary narrative, and the history of present illness -- The patient-physician relationship : the scene of narration -- The patient's story : the apprehension of narration -- Doctors listening and attending to patients : response and engagement with acts of narration -- Narrative and medicine : schemas of narration -- Narrative and everyday medical ethics : schemas of action -- Reading the death of Ivan Ilych.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 419-428) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012033644
ISBN9780472118595 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780472028863 (e-book)

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