Public Books 101: Novels and Medicine (with Jay Baruch & Rishi Goyal)

When a patient enters the ER, they may be experiencing one of the most dramatic moments in their life story. For the doctor, it may be just one of many cases they'll encounter that day. How does narrative affect the way doctors treat patients? And how can reading novels like Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go help medical providers navigate the "narrative disaster zone" of the ER?

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Genre(s): Health, Medicine, & Society

Source/Creator: Public Books

Date Aired: 4/4/2021