Medical Humanities Encyclopedia

Medical Humanities

The interdisciplinary field that uses the methods, concepts and values of the humanities to understand, study and improve medical practice.

Narrative Medicine

A clinical method proposed by Rita Charon that turns attentive listening and writing into trainable clinical skills.

Rita Charon

Proponent of narrative medicine, professor of medicine and English literature at Columbia University, former editor-in-chief of JAMA.

Social Prescribing

A non-pharmacological prescription that connects patients with support resources in their community.

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Form	News, cases, viewpoints, topics	Reusable reference entries
Cadence	Continuous	Revised on demand, with history
Answers	“What happened recently?”	“What exactly is this?”

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