Narrative medicine is of benefit to cultivating the medical humanistic spirit
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-1485.2015.05.029
- VernacularTitle:叙事医学是培养医学人文精神的一条途径
- Author:
Qingfeng CHENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Narrative medicine;
Medical humanistic spirit;
Medical science spirit;
Med-ical ethics
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2015;(5):538-540
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Humanistic spirit is the core of narrative medicine, which belongs to the cross field of medicine combined with literature. It is helpful to bridging the gap between technology and human nature, breaking the diaphragm between doctors and patients, and establishing doctor-patient emotional community. The narrative medicine can also be seen as humanistic medicine and let the medical hu-manistic spirit carry forward. In this article, author discussed the narrative medical background and medical value and how to cultivate medical narrative, and then explored whether the narrative medicine can become a way of cultivating medical humanistic spirit.
