BookMaria Giulia Marini.
Contents:
Evidence-based medicine and narrative medicine: a harmonic couple
Bridging from mythology to contemporary care: the art of listening
Bridging from oral tradition to writing: the art of empathy
The Tower of Babel: the language of physicians, patients, and providers of care
Patient's narrative as a probe for successful coping
The muted desire for well-being and the abuse of the word "normality" in medicine
Bridging the gap between personalization of care and research
The place of illness-centred movies in medical humanities
Designing health care based on patient's needs and rights
Building a bridge between economic investment and medical humanities: the fears to overcome
A selection of narratives
Glossary: a tool to bridge the gap between medical humanities, medical science, health-care organization, and health-care economics.