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Corso ECM: “La comunicazione efficace tra medico e paziente. Introduzione alla medicina narrativa”

Sabato 21 novembre a Roma si terrà un corso di formazione ECM con i protagonisti della Medicina Narrativa in Italia. Il corso ha un orientamento fortemente empirico e mira a offrire ai partecipanti strumenti operativi per sviluppare progetti di Medicina Narrativa nelle proprie aree e strutture di appartenenza. Continua a leggere

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Patient Health through Narrative Medicine

As an internist at Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, Rita Charon realized that more could be gained from learning a patient’s story than just charting symptoms as a series of head-to-toe facts. Encompassing health and sickness in a storied structure, with form, frame, characters, plot, and point of view—skills Charon learned while pursuing a PhD in English at Columbia University—had clinical significance. Continua a leggere

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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