I have talked many times of narrative medicine, how
doctors and patients should be working together, which ultimately is beneficial
to both parties. I am in my third year of participating in a programme where
chronic patients talk to young student doctors in their first year of medial
school to familiarize themselves with talking and understanding the issues and complexities of daily life as a chronic
patient. A new set of students came to our house last week, and when I mentioned
narrative medicine I was met with blank looks, so explained to the lovely young
but rather green students what narrative medicine is. If you too, are unclear
of this term and don't understand the concept, a fellow Parkie from down under sent me this wonderful You Tube clip which so clearly illustrates this very idea of participatory medicine. They say "a picture's worth a thousand words", so do watch this explicit and very clever piece. Please take a few minutes to watch this entertaining
explanation which gets across the message so very well. TEDxTalks - Participatory Medicine - God to Guide
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