From Silence into Language
Questioning the Power of Physician Illness Narratives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15744784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amy E Caruso Brown (0000-0002-3228-2992, SUNY Upstate Medical University, corresponding author), Rebecca Garden (0000-0003-2044-105X, SUNY Upstate Medical University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 501-507 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980 |
| Publisher | American Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.5.imhl1-1705 |
| PMID | 28553908 |
| OpenAlex | W2612811814 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
Physicians' narratives of their own experiences of illness can be a kind of empathic bridge across the divide between a professional healer and a sick patient. This essay considers ways in which physicians' narratives of their own and family members' experiences of cancer shape encounters with patients and patients' experiences of illness. It analyzes ethical dimensions of physicians' narratives (such as those by Atul Gawande, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Paul Kalanithi) and of reflective writing in medical education. It also compares illness narratives written by physicians-turned-patients to those written by patients without medical training in order to explore questions of who ultimately benefits from these narratives and whether these narratives can engender greater empathy between clinicians and patients
Aesthetics · Linguistics · Narrative · Power (physics · Silence · Sociology · Empathy and Medical Education · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Ethics in medical practice · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |