Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Can Literature Make A Better Doctor?

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Could reading literature or writing memoirs help doctors be better caregivers? Proponents of the field of “narrative medicine” believe the humanities can prepare patients and physicians to deal with illness. Ira Flatow and guests discuss what stories might mean for the future of medical education and practice.

Guests

Jerome Groopman
Author, "How Doctors Think" (Houghton Mifflin, 2007)
Dina and Raphael Recanati Chair of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Chief of Experimental Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Nellie Hermann
Creative Director, Narrative Medicine program
Columbia University Medical School
Author, “The Cure for Grief” (Scribner, 2008)
New York, New York

Related Books

How Doctors Think

The Cure for Grief: A Novel

Related Links

• The Program in Narrative Medicine
• NY Times: Narrative Medicine Learning to Listen
• SciAm: When Medicine Meets Literature

Segment produced by:Katherine Wells

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