From storytelling to healing: The empathetic power of narrative medicine

By The DO Staff

01.26.24

When I was studying narrative medicine at Columbia University’s Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics, students were asked to tell a story about a significant health encounter. This is what I said: I once accompanied my elderly father to his doctor’s visit. The physician reported that his bad cholesterol was too high, and that he should cut back on all the shrimp he was consuming or else he’d die of heart disease.

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