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[Medicine as narrative].

F Lolas1

  • 1Clínica Psiquiátrica Universitaria, Universidad de Chile, Santiago.

Revista Medica De Chile
|July 1, 1992
PubMed
Summary
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Medicine is viewed as a metatext, integrating physiological, introspective, and behavioral narratives. Understanding medicine as a communicative practice emphasizes actions and context, refining distinctions between illness, disease, and sickness.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Humanities
  • Philosophy of Medicine
  • Sociology of Health

Context:

  • Medicine conceptualized as a metatext, integrating multiple narrative layers.
  • Communication and social roles significantly influence medical understanding.
  • Medical practice analyzed as a science of actions, encompassing process, procedure, and product.

Purpose:

  • To re-examine the concept of medicine through a narrative and communicative lens.
  • To explore the interplay between physiological, introspective, and behavioral aspects of health.
  • To provide a new framework for understanding the distinctions between illness, disease, and sickness.

Summary:

  • Medicine is presented as a complex metatext, where physiological, introspective, and behavioral narratives are interdependent.

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  • The meaning of each medical narrative is contextualized by the others and shaped by social interactions.
  • Medicine is characterized as a communicative praxis, focusing on actions (process, procedure, product) rather than solely on objects.

    • Impact:

    • Offers a novel perspective on medical communication and practice.
    • Enhances the understanding of the subjective and social dimensions of health.
    • Provides a refined conceptual distinction between illness, disease, and sickness for clinical and academic discourse.