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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
[Who can provide a translation when I cannot be understood? Or the art of holding a medical conversation]
C Engelbrecht1, C Schlösser1, C Schütt1
1Studierende der Humanmedizin Universität Witten/Herdecke.
Abstract:
A transfacultary seminar of students with a patient resulted in a theatre performance based on Goethe's "Faustus" demonstrating the patient's treatment marathon in our current health-care system. Core demands and results are (i) simple access to evidence-based patient information, (ii) communication skills in the selection and education of medical students. and (iii) active involvement of patients in the self-management of their illness.
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