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Medical history from the viewpoint of the patient
Author(s) -
Wiltshire J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2004.00792.x
Subject(s) - narrative , medicine , medical history , narrative medicine , past medical history , narrative history , narrative review , aesthetics , literature , surgery , intensive care medicine , art , philosophy
The patient narrative is now an established literary form, but has been largely disregarded within medicine. Medical history in general also pays only passing attention to the testimonies of individual patients. The patient narrative is not a merely contemporary development, however, but has many precursors in the past. This article outlines a project to bring medical history and the patient narrative into relationship and thereby to give the patient an intellectual history. (Intern Med J 2005; 35: 193–194)