Chief Concern of Medicine The Integration of the Medical Humanities and Narrative Knowledge into Medical Practices

Name: Chief Concern of Medicine The Integration of the Medical Humanities and Narrative Knowledge into Medical Practices
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ISBN: 9780472118595

ISBN-10: 0472118595

ISBN-13: 9780472118595

Edition: 2013

Authors: Ronald Schleifer, Jerry Vannatta

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Unlike any existing studies of the medical humanities,The Chief Concern of Medicinebrings to the examination of medical practices a thorough---and clearly articulated---exposition of the nature of narrative. The book builds on the work of linguistics, semiotics, narratology, and discourse theory and examines numerous literary works and narrative "vignettes" of medical problems, situations, and encounters. Throughout, the book presents usable expositions of the ways storytelling organizes itself to allow physicians and other healthcare workers (and even patients themselves) to be more attentive to and self-conscious about the information---the "narrative knowledge"---of the patient's story.

Book details

List price: $70.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 1/28/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 472
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Introduction: Medicine, Narrative, and Schema-Based Understanding



Phronetic Skills: The Techne of Medicine



The Functional Realism of Medicine



Modalities of Science: Narrative, Phronesis, and the Skills (Techne) 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 Work of Narrative in Practices of Medicine



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



Schema-Based Medicine



Narrative and Medicine: Schemas of Narration



Narrative and Everyday Medical Ethics: Schemas of Action


Conclusion



Reading The Death of Ivan Ilych


Afterword: The Nexus of Literature and Medicine; The Interactions of Patient and Physician



Humanities as a Discipline



Checklists for Skills in Listening, Interviewing, and Action



A Compilation of Schemas for Medical Practices


Notes


Bibliography


Index