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Published on: February 16, 2011
[Application and practice of narrative medicine in public health and preventive medicine]
1Department of Clinical Medicine, Xingtai Medical College, Xingtai 054000, China Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
Abstract:
Narrative medicine, using disease narrative as a communicative tool, aims to improve healthcare services quality and humanistic care. However, its application in public health and preventive medicine is in its infancy in China. This paper summarizes the significance of the application of narrative medicine in public health and preventive medicine, introduces its critical role in public health policy-making, disease prevention, health communication, and preventive medicine education, and analyzes the associated challenges to promote the application of narrative medicine in public health and preventive medicine for the improvement of medical humanistic care, interdisciplinary integration and the development of public health and preventive medicine.
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