Medycyna narracyjna w Szwecji
Narrative Medicine in Sweden

Author(s): Małgorzata Luber-Szumniak
Subject(s): Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: narrative medicine; Sweden; humanistic medicine
Summary/Abstract: Effective care of patients requires profound and special knowledge about the patient, competence and commitment of the doctor and a solid bond of trust between them. Despite the many socio-cultural and professional factors that candivide doctors and patients and the impact of political and economic pressure on all health care, effective medical practice with careful listening and empathic attention must replace this hurried and impersonal one. Among many responses and countermeasures for the failure of the modern healthcare system is the professional Narrative Medicine program, developed at the New York Columbia University in 2000. The main aim of this paper is to present the genesis and development of narrative medicine in Sweden and to use its assumptions in clinical practice, both from the holistic perspective of the family doctor in the clinic and the clinician in the hospital ward. The author will also mention briefly the use of narrative methods and medical humanities in the education of medical faculty students in Sweden.

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