| Humanizing Patients through Narrative Approaches: The Case of Murphy, the "Motor-Mouth". | |
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PMID: 20740118 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Background: Some psychiatric patients are presented as hopeless, burned out, and devoid of social graces. Staff of mental health centers and hospitals are not encouraged to view these people differently. A narrative perspective allows anyone to emerge as a richly complex human being.Method: A course presented students with the opportunity to create narrative descriptions of patients presented by medical staff as hopeless.Results: One student's narrative of "Murphy the Motor Mouth" is presented; it shows the validity and usefulness of the narrative approach in reconstructing a person to be avoided as an interesting, valuable, and richly complex human being.Conclusion: Murphy in story emerges as more interesting and worthy of knowing than the clinical Murphy constructed by medical staff. Narrative approaches offer a richness and intimacy that fosters a more therapeutic and effective relationship between patients and staff. |
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Michael Pickren Valenti; Lewis Mehl-Madrona |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: The Permanente journal Volume: 14 ISSN: 1552-5775 ISO Abbreviation: Perm J Publication Date: 2010 |
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Created Date: 2010-08-26 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9800474 Medline TA: Perm J Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 47-50 Citation Subset: - |
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