OBJECTIVES: To provide a brief history on narrative medicine and highlight its importance in providing quality patient care. DATA SOURCES: Explains narrative medicine using published, peer-reviewed literature and highlights some of the literary, medical, sociological, and communication perspectives that contributed to the narrative medicine movement. CONCLUSION: A commitment to the patient-provider relationship and knowing the patient's story is a critical aspect in providing quality cancer care. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Teaching oncology nurses skills that are grounded in narrative medicine will improve health care by increasing the nurses' knowledge of their patients and strengthening the nurse-patient relationship.
OBJECTIVES: To provide a brief history on narrative medicine and highlight its importance in providing quality patient care. DATA SOURCES: Explains narrative medicine using published, peer-reviewed literature and highlights some of the literary, medical, sociological, and communication perspectives that contributed to the narrative medicine movement. CONCLUSION: A commitment to the patient-provider relationship and knowing the patient's story is a critical aspect in providing quality cancer care. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Teaching oncology nurses skills that are grounded in narrative medicine will improve health care by increasing the nurses' knowledge of their patients and strengthening the nurse-patient relationship.
Authors: María Belén Martín-Sanz; Rosa María Salazar-de-la-Guerra; Juan Nicolas Cuenca-Zaldivar; María Salcedo-Perez-Juana; Cristina Garcia-Bravo; Domingo Palacios-Ceña Journal: Ann Med Date: 2022-12 Impact factor: 5.348