by Pronet Studio | Dec 19, 2022 | Publications abroad
Life-threatening diseases such as HIV/AIDS also threaten people's sense of identity and taken for granted assumptions about the temporal shape of their lives. In response, people often experience shifts in values, spirituality and life...
by Pronet Studio | Dec 19, 2022 | Publications abroad
Many physicians may feel ill-equipped to deal with the patient's suffering resulting from the ailments associated with chronic illness. This essay takes up the thesis that chronically and terminally ill patients can be healed holistically,...
by Pronet Studio | Dec 19, 2022 | Publications abroad
Reflective writing is one proven method for teaching medical students to interact empathetically with patients. Most such exercises are based on students' reflection on clinical experiences. However, in order to effectively extract, interpret and...
by Pronet Studio | Dec 19, 2022 | Publications abroad
There is now a renewed interest in narrative analysis in the humanities, social sciences and medicine. Disease narratives are of particular interest in health-related settings. This article discusses the background to this interest....
by Pronet Studio | Dec 19, 2022 | Publications abroad
Text analysis theories are applied to understanding medical histories, clinicians and scholars have the opportunity to develop a more nuanced and multi-faceted appreciation of these accounts. A patient's story is rarely 'just a story', but is rather a conscious and unconscious...
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