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Record Nr.

UNINA9910539600903321

Titolo

Narrative matters [[electronic resource] ] : the power of the personal essay in health policy / / edited by Fitzhugh Mullan, Ellen Ficklen, and Kyna Rubin ; foreword by Abraham Verghese

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8018-9203-1

1-4356-9206-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MullanFitzhugh

FicklenEllen

RubinKyna

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Medical policy

Narrative medicine

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Health affairs reader."

Anthology of essays published in the Narrative matters section of Health affairs journal.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Writing to change things: essays on the policy narrative -- Dollars and sense: hard financial realities -- Bearing witness: patients' stories -- The maddening system: frustrations and solutions -- Trouble in the ranks: professional problems -- Drug resistance: battling undue influence -- Disparity dilemmas: stories on race and ethnicity -- Values and choice: stories of practical ethics.