In this important and long-awaited book, Rita Charon provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the conceptual principles underlying narrative medicine, as well as a practical guide for implementing narrative methods in health care. A true milestone in the field, it will interest readers and experts in medicine, humanities and literary theory.

"Narrative Medicine is practical enough to be benefiical to the clinician, yet sufficiently theoretical to serve as a seminal text in the field. Even master clinicians can gain from the knowledge and skills presented here. Charon has written an inspired and inspiring book; and, in her stories of patients and studetns, she is a role model for us all."--Perspectives "This is a great book...Well done."--Doody's, a 5 star review "Rita Charon addresses such issues in her most-welcome book, Narrative Medicine: Honoring Medicine: Honoring the Stories of Illness, a "primer," as she calls it, for the emergent field of "narrative medicine" that she has helped define. The book combines theory-drawn from literary studies, philosophy, anthropology, psychotherapy- and rich narratives from her own patients' and students' lives. It is a compelling mix, backed by the unusual authority of a physician who is also a literary scholar."--Perspectives "A compelling mix, backed by the unusual authority of a physician who is also a literary scholar."--Lancet "Narrative Medicine is practical enough to be benefiical to the clinician, yet sufficiently theoretical to serve as a seminal text in the field. Even master clinicians can gain from the knowledge and skills presented here. Charon has written an inspired and inspiring book; and, in her stories of patients and studetns, she is a role model for us all."--Perspectives "A compelling mix, backed by the unusual authority of a physician who is also a literary scholar."--Lancet

Selling point: The first book on the subject of narrative medicine Selling point: Written by an authority and pioneer in the field Selling point: Crosses disciplines of medicine and literary literary/narrative studies Selling point: Charon's work on narrative medicine was featured in a New York Times Magazine feature article

Selling point: The first book on the subject of narrative medicine Selling point: Written by an authority and pioneer in the field Selling point: Crosses disciplines of medicine and literary literary/narrative studies Selling point: Charon's work on narrative medicine was featured in a New York Times Magazine feature article