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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779428503321

Autore

Schleifer Ronald

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2013

ISBN

0-472-02886-3

1-299-15989-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (473 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VannattaJerry

CrowSheila

Disciplina

616.07/51

Soggetti

Narration

Physician-Patient Relations

Ethics, Medical

Medical History Taking

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-428) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.