Narrative Medicine

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Since the 1970s critics have alleged that Western medicine has fallen victim to the professionalism movement. According to this critique, many medical schools and residency programs train physicians to treat medical problems merely as problems to be solved, without taking into account the specific psychological and personal history of the patient. As of late 1990s physicians like Rachael Niomi Remen and Rita Charon have emphasized that medical practice should be structured around the narrative. As Charon stated: