In this health emergency, we have all experienced a new, unexpected and stressful situation, but perhaps also an opportunity to…
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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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We are happy to report this interview with Markus Buehler, programmer engineer and physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…
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As part of our reflection on the emergency we are experiencing, we want to focus on the ethical issues at…