title: Why stories matter. Applying principles of narrative medicine to health care ethics.
abstract: Narrative medicine seeks to improve clinical effectiveness through narrative training in reading and writing. Stories give meaning to experience and encourage communication between doctors and patients by honoring the basic human need to recognize and be recognized. Learning how to receive and tell stories, practiced through close reading, group discussion, and written response, may also facilitate ethical reflection and inquiry.
authors.affiliation: Eastern Arizona College, USA. ekcurtis@cableone.net
authors.forename: Eric K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Curtis
mesh_terms: D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D003142:Communication; D003729:Dental Care / Q000941:ethics*; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D004497:Education, Dental; D004990:Ethics, Dental / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D011932:Reading; D014956:Writing