Narrative Medicine Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

It is perhaps slightly unprofessional to admit this, but one of the things I was most excited about as I embarked on a week’s trip

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When your home no longer feels safe

December 17, 2021December 16, 2021Home, Homebound, Narrative Medicine, safety, Security

Editor’s note: The following story explores feelings of safety and sacrifice. A version of this piece was performed at Off-Script, the Texas Medical Center’s storytelling

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Lost, but not forgotten: Preserving a stranger’s memory

May 18, 2021May 18, 2021Death, Headstone, Memory, Narrative Medicine, Stranger, Tomb

A story about the importance of simple good deeds and questions of memorializing and responsibility postmortem.

Progress Notes

The things you learn: My medical school journey

September 11, 2020Education, Medical Education, Narrative Medicine, Student Life

A third-year medical student at Baylor College of Medicine shares his reflections on what he has learned.

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How the humanities can connect us during a pandemic

May 15, 2020May 18, 2020Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Andrew Childress, Humanities, Narrative Medicine, Pandemic

Humans are no strangers to sudden outbreaks of deadly diseases. Yellow fever, smallpox, cholera, influenza, the list goes on. In times of crisis, we naturally

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Medical humanities and the search for meaning

July 11, 2018July 26, 2018Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Andrew Childress, Medical Education, Narrative Medicine

I must admit that I’m surprised when I hear third-year medical students say they would like to have taken some humanities courses in the first

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Comfort care or medical treatment?

April 20, 2018April 20, 2018Comfort Care, Dr. Stacey Berg, Narrative Medicine, Palliative Care

Before former first lady Barbara Bush passed away on April 17, 2018, it was widely reported that she had “decided not to seek additional medical

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One size doesn’t fit all: Understanding the allure of alternative medicine through storytelling

January 3, 2018January 3, 2018alternative medicine, ethics, medical humanities, Narrative Medicine, storytelling

In the era of celebrity-inspired medical treatments, alternative medicine is an easy punching bag. I work in the medical field, and I am familiar with

Momentum

How narrative medicine closes gap between physicians and patients

June 9, 2017June 8, 2017Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Ricardo Nuila, Julia Bernstein, Narrative Medicine, Narrative Medicine Program, Off Script

According to Columbia University, narrative medicine “fortifies clinical practice with the narrative competence to recognize, absorb, metabolize, interpret, and be moved by the stories of

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The limits of compassion: Dialysis and the undocumented – A solution

February 10, 2017February 9, 2017Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dialysis, Emergency Medicine, Javier Santiago, medical students, Narrative Medicine, policy, Undocumented Immigrants, Victoria Mitre

Editor’s note: This post is the second part of a two-part series. Read part one. Over the past half-century, significant legal roadblocks to providing healthcare services