Narrative ethics: a means to enrich medical education.
The study of literature and medicine enriches the humanistic skills of medical students and physicians. In particular, the study of medical ethics through the lens of narrative enlightens the moral imagination, and provokes moral reflection. In this article, examples will be discussed with the analysis of two books used in a medical-ethics curriculum.
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Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Office of Medical Bioethics, 3330 Hospital Dr. N.W., Calgary AB T2N 4N1, Canada.
D004645:Empathy; D004992:Ethics, Medical / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008091:Literature; D033262:Narration; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods