title: Narrative medicine: a call to pens.
abstract: An call for papers on the topic of narrative medicine as it pertains to the practice of clinical genetics, this article briefly reviews the tenets of narrative medicine and the ethical issues associated with publishing patients' and doctors' stories. It is an invitation to the readership of the American Journal of Medical Genetics to share its stories of caring for and living with genetic conditions in our new column called Frameshifts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. nowaczyk@hhsc.ca
authors.forename: Małgorzata J M
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Nowaczyk
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Carey
mesh_terms: D005826:Genetics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D011364:Professional Practice; D011643:Publishing
keywords: illness narrative; narrative medicine; pathography