The Chief Concern of Medicine

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-472-11859-5
Verlag: University of Michigan Press

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 794 g

<DIV></DIV> <p>Unlike any existing studies of the medical humanities, <I>The Chief Concern of Medicine</I> brings to the examination of medical practices a thorough---and clearly articulated---exposition of the nature of narrative. The book builds on the work of linguistics, semiotics, narratology, and discourse theory and examines numerous literary works and narrative ""vignettes"" of medical problems, situations, and encounters. Throughout, the book presents usable expositions of the ways storytelling organizes itself to allow physicians and other healthcare workers (and even patients themselves) to be more attentive to and self-conscious about the information---the ""narrative knowledge""---of the patient's story.</P>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schleifer, Ronald

Über Autor(innen)

<DIV></DIV> <P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal""><B>Ronald Schleifer</B> is George Lynn Cross Research Professor of English and Adjunct Professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma.<BR> <BR></P> <P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal""><B>Jerry B. Vannatta,</B> M.D., is a David Ross Boyd Professor of Medicine and the John Flack Burton Professor of Humanities in Medicine at the University of Oklahoma.</P> <strong>Ronald Schleifer</strong> is George Lynn Cross Research Professor of English and Adjunct Professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma.<br><br> <strong>Jerry B. Vannatta</strong>, M.D., is a David Ross Boyd Professor of Medicine and the John Flack Burton Professor of Humanities in Medicine at the University of Oklahoma.