#20 The Power of Narrative Medicine

Clare Murphy talks with Dr. Martin and Nurse Griffiths about
the world of medicine, how the medical community operates under
pressure, how the training shapes the doctor, life on deployment,
strategies for coping in crisis, and the power of narrative
medicine. As well as how the telling of doctors stories
supports doctors to stay in the profession.


Reading List:


Atul Gawande, Being Mortal


Henry Marsh, Do No Harm


Christie Watson, The Language of Kindness


Rita Charon, Narrative Medicine


Kathryn Montgomery Hunter, Doctors Stories,


Arthur W Frank, At the Will of the Body





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