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Getting Better Health Care – Storytelling

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Narrative—storytelling—plays a crucial role in how people interact, including interactions between patients and physicians. We discuss the narrative medicine with Dr. Rita Charon, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Executive Directior of the Program in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University. Dr. Charon describes how stories are involved in how people know they are sick and in […] The post Getting Better Health Care – Storytelling appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

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