Confianza y palabra. Elementos retóricos y narrativos en los tratados médicos en español (finales del siglo XVI-principios del siglo XVII) con una coda sobre la medicina narrativa actual
Trust and the word: rhetorical and narrative elements in Spanish-language medical treatises from the late 16th and early 17th centuries, with a coda on narrative medicine

Author(s): Katarzyna Płaczek-Kaszynska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Other Language Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: medical discourse; medicine; narrative; Renaissance; rhetoric; confianza; discurso médico; medicina; narración; Renacimiento; retórica
Summary/Abstract: The subject matter of the monograph is situated between literary studies and history of medicine. Its aim is to determine the functions carried out by rhetorical and narrative elements in late 16th- and 17th-century Spanish-language medical treatises. The monograph how the authors of these texts sought to use their knowledge of the humanities to foster a bond of trust with the reader akin to the relationship between a doctor and a patient, in accordance with the principles of Renaissance medical deontology. The monograph includes an attempt to juxtapose the principles of 16th-century medical deontology with the concept of narrative medicine, which postulates giving importance to storytelling in the doctor-patient relationship and supports the inclusion of literary studies in medical education. This volume is therefore part of medical humanities, a field that continues to gain popularity."

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