Integrating narrative medicine and evidence-based medicine :
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[Book]
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the everyday social practice of healing /
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James P. Meza and Daniel S. Passerman.
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CRC Press,
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2011.
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1 online resource
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Foreword; Foreword; Preface; About the Authors; Introduction; Part I: The Process of Care for a Diagnostic Narrative Dilemma; 1: Acquire Enough Information to Understand the Patient's Concern; 2: Ask a Clinically Appropriate Question Based on the Patient's Concern; 3: Access Information Relevant to the Question; 4: Assess the Quality of the Information; 5: Apply the Information to the Clinical Question; 6: Assist the Patient in Making a Decision; Part II: The Process of Care for a Therapeutic Narrative Dilemma
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16: EpilogueAfterword; Part V: Appendices; Introduction to Appendices; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Index
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7: Acquire Enough Information to Understand the Patient's Concern8: Ask a Clinically Appropriate Question Based on the Patient's Concern; 9: Access Information Relevant to the Question; 10: Assess the Quality of the Information; 11: Apply the Information to the Clinical Question; 12: Assist the Patient in Making a Decision; Part III: Theoretical Considerations; 13: Theoretical Issues Regarding the Everyday Social Practice of Healing; 14: What is Healing and Who Needs it Anyway?; 15: Commodification of Health Care and the New Professionalism of Translational Practice; Part IV: Epilogue
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Scientific, evidence-based medicine is increasingly seen as fundamental to providing effective healthcare, but narrative-based medicine sheds light on social and interpersonal aspects of the practitioner-patient interaction which can also greatly affect healthcare outcomes. The philosophies underlying these two approaches seem to contrast, yet thos