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The Use of Narratives In Graduate Bioethics Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2019

SUSAN E. ZINNER
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Abstract:

The author considers the role of narratives, specifically end-of-life narratives, in medical education. After addressing the role of indexing and other neurological explanations for the validity of narratives in the classroom, she focuses on one recent memoir that explores the medical experience of an ALS patient. The advantages of using narratives, including the understanding of the patients’ perspective and the development of empathy, are two important reasons to adopt this approach.

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narrativeend-of-lifemedical educationALSempathy
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 2019 , pp. 361 - 368
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019 

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The aim of this section is to expand and accelerate advances in methods of teaching bioethics.

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