Stories Matter: The Role of Narrative in Medical Ethics

by Charon,Rita; Charon,Rita

• ISBN13: 9780415928380
• ISBN10: 0415928389
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-06-14
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The doctor patient relationship starts with a story. Doctors' notes, a patient's chart, the recommendations of ethics committees and insurance justifications all hinge on written and verbal narrative interaction. The "practice" of narrative profoundly affects decision making, patient health and treatment and the everyday practice of medicine. In this edited collection, the contributors provide conceptual foundations, practical guidelines and theoretical considerations central to the practice of narrative ethics.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction. Memory and Anticipation: The Practice of Narrative Ethics	ix
Rita Charon
Martha Montello
I NARRATIVE KNOWLEDGE
Narratives of Human Plight: A Conversation with Jerome Bruner	3	(7)
Jerome Bruner
The Ethics of Medicine, as Revealed in Literature	10	(11)
Wayne Booth
Like an Open Book: Reliability, Intersubjectivity, and Textuality in Bioethics	21	(18)
Laurie Zoloth
Rita Charon
II NARRATIVE COMPONENTS OF BIOETHICS
Context: Backward, Sideways, and Forward	39	(9)
Hilde Lindemann Nelson
Voice in the Medical Narrative	48	(11)
Suzanne Poirier
Time and Ethics	59	(10)
Rita Charon
The Idea of Character	69	(8)
Anne Hunsaker Hawkins
Plot: Framing Contingency and Choice in Bioethics	77	(8)
Tod Chambers
Kathryn Montgomery
The Reader's Response and Why It Matters in Biomedical Ethics	85	(12)
Charles M. Anderson
Martha Montello
III CASE STUDIES IN NARRATIVE ETHICS
The Narrative of Rescue in Pediatric Practice	97	(12)
Walter M. Robinson
Beyond the Authoritative Voice: Casting a Wide Net in Ethics Consultation	109	(10)
Susan B. Rubin
Of Symbols and Silence: Using Narrative and Its Interpretation to Foster Physician Understanding	119	(7)
Marcia Day Childress
Narrative Understanding and Methods in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health	126	(12)
Richard Martinez
In the Absence of Narrative	138	(11)
Julia E. Connelly
IV CONSEQUENCES OF USING NARRATIVE METHODS
Narrative Ethics and Institutional Impact	149	(5)
Howard Brody
Reconsidering Action: Day-to-Day Ethics in the Work of Medicine	154	(6)
John D. Lantos
The Color of the Wallpaper: Training for Narrative Ethics	160	(11)
Anne Hudson Jones
V THE NARRATIVE FUTURE OF ETHICS PRACTICE
The Hyphenated Space: Liminality in the Doctor-Patient Relationship	171	(12)
Ronald A. Carson
Narrative Ethics, Gene Stories, and the Hermeneutics of Consent Forms	183	(13)
Larry R. Churchill
Narrative, Ethics, and Pain: Thinking with Stories	196	(23)
David B. Morris
The Story Inside	219	(8)
Joanne Trautmann Banks
Notes on Contributors	227	(6)
Permissions	233	(2)
Index	235