TY - JOUR
T1 - Narratives in family medicine
T2 - Tales of transformation, points of breakthrough for family physicians
AU - Borkan, J.
AU - Reis, S.
AU - Medalie, J.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Despite the advances in technology, information transmission and evidence-based medicine, the role of the patient's story is still a key to effective medical care. This paper examines the roles of narrative in medicine with particular emphasis on the narrative world of the primary care provider. The focus of this article is on the transforming power of stories and their use in clinical work, teaching, research, and in physicians' personal and professional lives. An organizing model is proposed that utilizes a combination of individual patient narratives, best evidence, and provider narratives. Projections for future threats to narrative medicine and future developments in the field are formulated.
AB - Despite the advances in technology, information transmission and evidence-based medicine, the role of the patient's story is still a key to effective medical care. This paper examines the roles of narrative in medicine with particular emphasis on the narrative world of the primary care provider. The focus of this article is on the transforming power of stories and their use in clinical work, teaching, research, and in physicians' personal and professional lives. An organizing model is proposed that utilizes a combination of individual patient narratives, best evidence, and provider narratives. Projections for future threats to narrative medicine and future developments in the field are formulated.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034979195&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/h0089536
DO - 10.1037/h0089536
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0034979195
SN - 1091-7527
VL - 19
SP - 121
EP - 134
JO - Families, Systems and Health
JF - Families, Systems and Health
IS - 2
ER -
