The Narrative Exercise: Introduction to Therapeutic Communication in the Psychiatry Clerkship

Abstract Introduction Patients' stories, the ways in which they describe illness, and the meaning of illness in the context of their lives, form the core of both the contemporary discipline of narrative medicine and the traditional practice of psychotherapy. The ability to elicit and shape pati...

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Main Authors: David Garrison, Julia Frank
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association of American Medical Colleges 2010-03-01
Series:MedEdPORTAL
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Online Access:http://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.7765