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Narrative medicine: A call to pens
Author(s) -
Nowaczyk Małgorzata J.M.,
Carey John C.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of medical genetics part a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.064
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1552-4833
pISSN - 1552-4825
DOI - 10.1002/ajmg.a.36114
Subject(s) - narrative , audience measurement , publishing , narrative medicine , alternative medicine , medical education , medicine , sociology , psychology , literature , political science , law , art , pathology
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 . © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.