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The narrative of illness and the coming of tomorrow's medicine

The progress of modern biomedical science, which has disenchanted so many mysteries and myths, need not ultimately mean the complete victory of biotechnology over culture. Humans, notwithstanding the spectacular biomedical revolutions that have been taking place for several decades, still...

Narrative medicine - an overview

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 ...

Narrative medicine Theory and practice

Narrative medicine shies away from conventional models of the 'doctor-patient relationship' and instead invites a fascinating exploration of the dynamics of the encounter. It reminds us that it is only when we allow ourselves to move beyond the clichés arising from assertive strategies that we...

Communication in the helping relationship - the suicidological aspect

This paper is a summary of considerations related to the topic of communication in a helping situation. The topic related to the communication aspect is very often addressed by professionals from many fields, but it is still a relevant issue and there are no practical...

COMMUNICATION MODELS IN THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP

The transformations taking place in the modern healthcare system have affected various areas of functioning, including a change in the doctor-patient relationship. There are increasing demands on medical personnel in the area of interpersonal relations with patients of institutions....

THE ROLE OF DOCTOR-PATIENT COMMUNICATION IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE

Heart failure (HF) is defined clinically as a syndrome in which a patient presents with typical subjective symptoms (e.g. dyspnoea, swelling around the ankles and fatigue) and physical symptoms (e.g. elevated jugular venous pressure, crackles over the lung fields and...

Communication in palliative care

Communication is based on the intentional exchange of signs (symbols) undertaken to enhance cooperation or the sharing of meaning between partners. It takes place on many levels - from intrapersonal, to interpersonal (involving a group of people),...

Difficulties in communicating with a patient with Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease involves the progressive breakdown of brain function in the clinical picture of a dementia syndrome. In addition to marked memory loss, there are impairments in thinking, language function, emotional life and logical reasoning. As the disease progresses, the patient ...

Clinician-patient communication. Views of the teacher-clinician and the patient

The subject matter of the study is related to the author's interest in doctor-patient relationships, in the description of which he used his experience as an academic doctor and patient. The basis for these considerations is a survey, the fruit of which is a questionnaire study of several doctors -...

The importance of therapeutic communication with the patient

The purpose of the paper is to present the key assumptions associated with the proposed understanding of the term 'therapeutic communication', to demonstrate the importance of this type of communication used in clinical practice and to identify forms of training particularly...