Narrative Medicine: A Guidebook to Transforming Hearts and Minds

Healthcare workers bear witness to immense suffering every day. As receivers of stories of illness, they witness fellow human beings in their mostvulnerable, weakened, and anguished states. Narrative medicine offers an innovative way to deepen compassion for others, enhance self-reflection, and, in the process, reduce healthcare worker burnout and improve patient care.

This book bridges a critical gap between those who have access to narrative medicine programs and those who do not, democrat...