Aim: Narrative medicine has been promoted as an innovative and effective means of
stimulating medical students' professional development by teaching them to approach their …

Objective Since its birth about 30 years ago, Narrative Medicine approach has increased in
popularity in the medical context as well as in other disciplines. This paper aims to review …

How is medical knowledge made? New methods for research and clinical care have
reshaped the practices of medical knowledge production over the last forty years …

Background: As evidenced by the increasing popularity of YouTube (www. youtube. com),
personal narratives shared through social media are an area of rapid development in …

Background Medical narrative is changing: a movement from the physician's narrative to
patient's narrative. In modern times, the dominant medical narrative has been the physician's …

Abstract Patients with hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, an hereditary disorder of the
connective tissue, often face a long and difficult diagnostic odyssey in pursuit of a name for …

Use of chronic opioid therapy (COT) for chronic noncancer pain has dramatically increased
in the United States. Patients seek compassionate care and relief while physicians struggle …

Clinical judgement is a central and longstanding issue in the philosophy of medicine which
has generated significant interest over the past few decades. In this article, we explore …

Background Patient decisions are influenced by their personal values. However, there is a
lack of clarity and attention on the concept of patient values in the clinical context despite …

In this paper, taking a cue from the image provided by Walter Benjamin, I argue that the work
of the psychiatrist can be compared to that of the ragpicker who collects what others …