Narrative medicine means more effective healthcare

As undergraduate premedical students, we learned about narrative medicine by chance in a New York Times article titled “Learning to Listen.”

After exploring the research of Dr. Rita Charon, we were both drawn to the new field and what it had to offer us as future medical professionals. The Times article explains, “Through literature, [Dr. Charon] learned how stories are built and told, and translated that …

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