In Submission: Frances Burney's Patient Narrative

2015 ◽  
pp. 197-208
Keyword(s):  
Patient Narrative

On Being a Patient

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 57-59
Author(s):  
Pranab Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Education System ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Patient Experiences ◽  
Medical Education System ◽  
Good Learning ◽  
Humanities In Medicine ◽  
Learning Points ◽  
Patient Narrative

Published narratives on doctor-as-patient experiences show that physicians become more empathetic once they have gone through the process of being a patient. In this article, in response to a published doctor-as-patient narrative, the author enquires into the possible reason for such empathy-in-hindsight. The objectified and structured medical education system which puts little emphasis on soft skills, a rapidly evolving technological-diagnostic revolution that is distancing the patient from the doctor and lacunae in development of communication skills in doctors come up as probable reasons for this. Narratives of physician-patients provide good learning points, especially with respect to the lacunae in the teaching of empathy, communication and humanities in medicine.

scholarly journals Patient narrative: an ‘on-switch’ for evaluating best interests

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Johnston ◽  
Natalie Banner ◽  
Angela Fenwick
Keyword(s):  
Best Interests ◽  
Patient Narrative

scholarly journals From Passive Patient to Engaged Partner: My Journey With Parkinson Disease (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Higgins ◽  
Maureen Hennessey
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Parkinson Disease ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Treatment Team ◽  
Participatory Medicine ◽  
Patient Narrative ◽  
The Way

UNSTRUCTURED This patient narrative by Richard Higgins with Maureen Hennessey describes Richard's journey of learning to live with a chronic and progressive illness. It begins with Richard's diagnosis and shares many of the lessons learned along the way. Richard copes daily with this condition, relying on the support and expertise of his wife and the treatment team he has assembled while also encouragingly drawing on the skills and knowledge gained as a longtime running coach. A clinical commentary is provided at the article's conclusion, drafted by Richard's friend, Maureen Hennessey, PhD, CPCC, CPHQ, offering observations about the relevance of Richard's story to participatory medicine and suggesting pertinent resources for patients and health care professionals.

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