Introduction to Narrative Medicine

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This course introduces students to the field of Narrative Medicine, and builds a foundation in its terminology, philosophy, and application across the medical sciences and medical humanities. Students will engage with fundamental literature within the discipline, literary examples of narrative medicine, as well as texts that expand the field by introducing unique intersections that define and redefine the human body as a social, cultural, and spiritual entity in need of care throughout stages of mortal experience.