Storie che curano: tra narrazione e social
Sabato 26 settembre la Villa Morando di Lograto (Brescia) ospiterà il congresso dedicato alla Medicina Narrativa Continua a leggere →
Il ruolo delle associazioni di pazienti come soggetto chiave nelle politiche sanitarie e la costruzione di relazioni di valore con l’industria healthcare
Patient centricity, engagement & support. Roma, 30 settembre Continua a leggere →
Una donna tra due vite. Storia di un trapianto Laura ‘nata’ una seconda volta a 50 anni
Un blog, un documentario e ora un libro. La medicina narrativa per superare la paura nell’attesa di ‘un fegato nuovo’ che potrebbe non arrivare. Il racconto di un’esperienza difficile e del percorso verso un nuovo inizio Continua a leggere →
Medical treatment has its limits. Empathy does not.
“This is our sickest patient,” my co-intern began as she told me about one of her patients I would care for overnight. It was my first week of intern year, and I was assigned the overnight cross-cover shift for a busy cardiology service. Introducing myself as “Dr. Tredway” still rolled awkwardly off my tongue, but I had grown more comfortable throughout the week in my new role as a physician. I could field multiple pages about the forty-something patients I was responsible for each night. I proficiently prescribed bowel regimens and repleted electrolytes. I carried a code blue pager, but it had not chirped once. Continua a leggere →
How can health systems use clinical empathy to support patients?
When you have a chronic condition, you end up seeing a lot of healthcare providers. A desperate search for suitable care led me down a circuitous path of arbitrary recommendations, fancy degrees, and experimental approaches. Continua a leggere →
Why Oliver Sacks will be missed
For the British neurologist, illness was always embedded in his stories and the patient was always a person, not a case study. Continua a leggere →