Narrative medicine, by focusing on the individuality of the patient, is a response to the objective treatment of the patient reducing him or her to the sum of bio-medical phenomena while ignoring the psycho-social and cultural aspect of his or her functioning. The practice of narrative medicine involves listening to the patient's story encompassing the biographical, psychological and socio-cultural context of illness and coping, as well as narration by professionals based on their professional experience with patients. Narrative medicine does not replace traditional evidence-based medicine, but complements it, as being open to the humanistic aspects of illness helps to provide a wealth of information that is relevant to the therapeutic process, and could be missed if the patient is viewed solely in terms of bio-medical disorders. The aim of this paper was to discuss selected issues related to the practice of narrative medicine in nursing.
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