By way of introduction, I am a part time GP Principal with active interests
in Postgraduate Education and Medical Informatics. As a medical practitioner
I am daily reminded of the importance of story; as a teacher I am familiar
with the use of narrative art forms to supplement 'scientific' teaching; as
an informatician I am concerned with the narrative aspects of the health
record.
My question is about the purpose of the list (or perhaps the nature of
narrative-health-research). Is this to research narratives in health
practice, or is it to study narrative in health research?
Behind my question is the notion that, although the formal presentation of
randomised controlled trials and the like is impersonal, there is discourse
and narrative around the results of standard medical research. Presumably
(though I have no experience of this) there is discourse and story during
the process of the research too.
Paul
Paul Robinson
General Practitioner, Scarborough
GP Consultant Sowerby Centre, Newcastle
Hon. Senior Clinical Lecturer, Leeds
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