Join us for a narrative medicine workshop led by Dr. Sneha Mantri, a neurologist trained in movement disorders and narrative medicine. Narrative medicine is an approach to medical humanities that centers the importance of storytelling in the clinical encounter. The workshop will start with an overview of the foundational principles of narrative medicine—attention, representation, and[...]
This month's theme: Alzheimer's What makes a good physician? A person who properly diagnoses and then cures their patients? What if we told you that there’s a third vital characteristic of good physicians – physicians who listen to – and attempt to understand – their patients’ stories. Education philosopher Paulo Freire noted back in 1963,[...]
Join us for the first weekly meeting of the semester! Formally called the "Narrative Health Support Group," this group is geared towards Duke students who are impacted by chronic health challenges of any kind, whether through themselves or their loved ones. By “chronic health challenge,” we mean a health condition–from acne to ADD, endometriosis to depression,[...]