Narrative medicine : bridging the gap between evidence-based care and medical humanities / Maria Giulia Marini.

Includes bibliographical references.

Evidence-based medicine and narrative medicine: a harmonic couple -- Bridging from mythology to contemporary care: the art of listening -- Bridging from oral tradition to writing: the art of empathy -- The Tower of Babel: the language of physicians, patients, and providers of care -- Patient's narrative as a probe for successful coping -- The muted desire for well-being and the abuse of the word "normality" in medicine -- Bridging the gap between personalization of care and research -- The place of illness-centred movies in medical humanities -- Designing health care based on patient's needs and rights -- Building a bridge between economic investment and medical humanities: the fears to overcome -- A selection of narratives -- Glossary: a tool to bridge the gap between medical humanities, medical science, health-care organization, and health-care economics.