Welcome to Medicinarrativa.eu

This site wants to gather the ancient structure of agora, the Greek word indicating the square where experts and common citizens can meet to exchange thoughts, experiences, and project on Narrative Medicine.

Medicinanarrativa.eu wants to be a dynamic and brave (precisely not agoraphobic) community in collecting and reporting narratives of patients, physicians, and all healthcare professionals dedicating themselves to create health and heal disease.

“Often patients suffer by different things from those indicated on clinical chart. If we think about that, many of their sufferings could be soothed”.

Florence Nightingale

For us too, clinical anamnesis is not sufficient to take care of a person. We need careful and deep listening for a social anamnesis. And unconditioned acceptance of the person.

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LATEST POSTS

Jacob Levy Moreno and the psychodrama

27 July 2022

Information materials on the life and work of Jacob Levi Moreno, psychologist, philosopher, sociologist and father of Psychodrama, Sociodrama and Action Methods are collected here.

Therapy in the realm of theatre – interview with Jeanette Glasser

27 July 2022

We interview Jeanette Glasser, drama therapist based in London, about how to practice drama therapy and when it is recommended and best works.

A word in four hundred words – theatre

27 July 2022

Starting with the etymology of the word theatre, a brief reflection on its therapeutic potential and metaphorical status.

The Tempest and non-violent communication

27 July 2022

Maria Giulia Marini reflects on non-violent communication from one of the masterpieces of theatre, Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'.

The great arcades of care: listening and speaking – Interview with Silvana Baldini

27 July 2022

Silvana Baldini, neurologist and former winner of the 'Il Volo di Pegaso' award, shares what it means to talk about rare diseases and how listening must be…

Myasthenia Gravis and Narrative Medicine: the history and experience of AIM (AIM – Associazione Italiana Miastenia e Malattie Immunodegenerative) – interview with Romina Gibertoni

27 July 2022

Romina Gibertoni, AIM contact person, explains the activity and commitment to information and research on Myasthenia Gravis, and how this has recently made use of narrative medicine…

Interview with Domenica Taruscio (CNMR): rare diseases between research, institutions and listening

26 July 2022

Domenica Taruscio, Director of the National Centre for Rare Diseases, illustrates the Italian and European framework of research on rare diseases and emphasises the contribution of narrative…

A word in four hundred words – Rare

26 July 2022

Starting from the etymology of the word 'rare', a brief reflection embraces the concept of democracy and comes to explain narrative medicine as an empowering and empathic…