Narrative Medicine - Marini, Maria Giulia

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Résumé :
This book examines all aspects of narrative medicine and its value in ensuring that, in an age of evidence-based medicine defined by clinical trials, numbers, and probabilities, clinical science is firmly embedded in the medical humanities in order to foster the understanding of clinical cases and the delivery of excellent patient care. The medical humanities address what happens to us when we are affected by a disease and narrative medicine is an interdisciplinary approach that emphasizes the importance of patient narratives in bridging various divides, including those between health care professionals and patients. The book covers the genesis of the medical humanities and of narrative medicine and explores all aspects of their role in improving healthcare. It describes how narrative medicine is therapeutic for the patient, enhances the patient?doctor relationship, and allows the identification, via patients' stories, of the feelings and experiences that are characteristic for eachdisease. Furthermore, it explains how to use narrative medicine as a real scientific tool. Narrative Medicine will be of value for all caregivers: physicians, nurses, healthcare managers, psychotherapists, counselors, and social workers. ?Maria Giulia Marini takes a unique and innovative approach to narrative medicine. She sees it as offering a bridge ? indeed a variety of different bridges ? between clinical care and ?humanitas?. With a sensitive use of mythology, literature and metaphor on the one hand, and scientific studies on the other, she shows how the guiding concept of narrative might bring together the fragmented parts of the medical enterprise?. John Launer, Honorary Consultant, Tavistock Clinic, London UK

Biographie:
Maria Giulia Marini is an experienced epidemiologist and counsellor who is currently the Scientific and Innovation Director of the Health Care Area of Istud. She has a diverse educational background with a degree in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology, as well as specialization in Pharmacology and classical studies. Her professional experience includes working in multinational companies, medical research, organizational and social consulting, and training in Health Care. She is a part of the Board of the Italian Society of Narrative Medicine, and teaches Narrative Medicine and Medical Humanities at various national and international universities. She has developed an innovative and scientific methodology for performing narrative medicine and has authored several publications on the topic, including two volumes for Springer. Additionally, she is the founder and president of the European Narrative Medicine Society and is on the Board of Directors of The Doctor as a Humanist international association. She is a speaker at national and international academic and institutional contexts and emphasizes the importance of knowledge, intelligent kindness, and activism....

Sommaire:

1 Evidence Based Medicine and Narrative Medicine: a harmonic couple.- 2 Bridging from mythology to contemporary care: the art of listening.- 3 Bridging from oral tradition to writing: the art of empathy.- 4 The tower of Babel: the language of physicians, patients and providers of care.- 5 Patient narrative as a probe for successful coping.- 6 The muted desire for well-being and the abuse of the word normality in medicine.- 7 Bridging the gap between personalization of care and research.- 8 The industry of illness-centered movies in medical humanities.- 9 Designing health care based on patient's needs and rights.- 10 Building a bridge between economic investment and medical humanities: the fears to overcome.- 11 A selection of narratives.