Stories matter : the role of narrative in medical ethics / edited by Rita Charon & Martha Montello.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Charon, Rita.

Montello, Martha, 1949-

Series:

Reflective bioethics

Reflective bioethics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical ethics.

Bioethics.

Narration (Rhetoric)--Psychological aspects.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Physical Description:

xii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2002.

Summary:

The doctor-patient relationship starts with a story. Doctors' notes, a patient's chart, and insurance justifications all hinge on written and verbal narrative interaction. Narrative practice profoundly affects medical decision-making, patient health and treatment, and the everyday practice of medicine. Doctors and researchers have also found that narrative provides clarity and insight into medical ethics. Bioethicists, medical students, and practicing health professionals are increasingly using narrative ethics to guide their work. In their original essays, the contributors to Stories Matter provide conceptual foundations, practical guidelines, and theoretical considerations central to the practice of narrative ethics. Through clinical case histories, they explore the methods physicians and ethicists use to make some of their most difficult moral decisions.

Contents:

Introduction. Memory and Anticipation: The Practice of Narrative Ethics / Rita Charon, Martha Montello ix

I Narrative Knowledge

1 Narratives of Human Plight: A Conversation with Jerome Bruner / Jerome Bruner 3

2 The Ethics of Medicine, as Revealed in Literature / Wayne Booth 10

3 Like an Open Book: Reliability, Intersubjectivity, and Textuality in Bioethics / Laurie Zoloth, Rita Charon 21

II Narrative Components of Bioethics

4 Context: Backward, Sideways, and Forward / Hilde Lindemann Nelson 39

5 Voice in the Medical Narrative / Suzanne Poirier 48

6 Time and Ethics / Rita Charon 59

7 The Idea of Character / Anne Hunsaker Hawkins 69

8 Plot: Framing Contingency and Choice in Bioethics / Tod Chambers, Kathryn Montgomery 77

9 The Reader's Response and Why It Matters in Biomedical Ethics / Charles M. Anderson, Martha Montello 85

III Case Studies in Narrative Ethics

10 The Narrative of Rescue in Pediatric Practice / Walter M. Robinson 97

11 Beyond the Authoritative Voice: Casting a Wide Net in Ethics Consultation / Susan B. Rubin 109

12 Of Symbols and Silence: Using Narrative and Its Interpretation to Foster Physician Understanding / Marcia Day Childress 119

13 Narrative Understanding and Methods in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health / Richard Martinez 126

14 In the Absence of Narrative / Julia E. Connelly 138

IV Consequences of Using Narrative Methods

15 Narrative Ethics and Institutional Impact / Howard Brody 149

16 Reconsidering Action: Day-to-Day Ethics in the Work of Medicine / John D. Lantos 154

17 The Color of the Wallpaper: Training for Narrative Ethics / Anne Hudson Jones 160

V The Narrative Future of Ethics Practice

18 The Hyphenated Space: Liminality in the Doctor-Patient Relationship / Ronald A. Carson 171

19 Narrative Ethics, Gene Stories, and the Hermeneutics of Consent Forms / Larry R. Churchill 183

20 Narrative, Ethics, and Pain: Thinking with Stories / David B. Morris 196

21 The Story Inside / Joanne Trautmann Banks 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415928370

0415928389

OCLC:

48515672