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Integrating Narrative Medicine and Evidence-based Medicine

The Everyday Social Practice of Healing

By: James P. Meza,Daniel S. Passerman

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Integrating Narrative Medicine and Evidence-based Medicine

The Everyday Social Practice of Healing

By: James P. Meza,Daniel S. Passerman

Scientific, evidence-based medicine is increasingly seen as fundamental to providing effective healthcare, but narrative-based medicine sheds light on social and interpersonal aspects of the practitioner-patient interaction which can also greatly affect healthcare outcomes. The philosophies underlying these two approaches seem to contrast, yet those who can integrate both into their practice are among the most successful medical professionals. Integrating Narrative Medicine and Evidence-based Medicine provides answers to the key question of how medical practitioners can best put both approaches into practice. It anticipates a future where evidence-based practice will be expected of all medical professionals, but contends that the integration of a narrative-based approach will also be crucial, presenting a unique perspective on structuring the patient-professional encounter for optimum results. It develops a cultural analysis and socio-cultural theory of the science of healing, and describes an efficient method by which medical practitioners can find and use medical research at the point of care with current technology and skills. This addresses the need for translational science - moving research into practice - identified by the National Institutes of Health. This book will be essential reading for educators of medical students and postgraduate trainees, behavioral scientists, psychologists, social scientists working in medical settings, and health managers and administrators. Medical students and postgraduate trainees will also find it useful in their learning.

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Radcliffe Publishing

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1846193508

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9781846193507

Opening Up by Writing It Down

How Expressive Writing Improves Health and Eases Emotional Pain

By: James W. Pennebaker,Joshua M. Smyth

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Opening Up by Writing It Down

How Expressive Writing Improves Health and Eases Emotional Pain

By: James W. Pennebaker,Joshua M. Smyth

Expressing painful emotions is hard--yet it can actually improve our mental and physical health. This lucid, compassionate book has introduced tens of thousands of readers to expressive writing, a simple yet powerful self-help technique grounded in scientific research. Leading experts James W. Pennebaker and Joshua M. Smyth describe how taking just a few minutes to write about deeply felt personal experiences or problems may help you: *Heal old emotional wounds *Feel a greater sense of well-being *Decrease stress *Improve relationships *Boost your immune system Vivid stories and examples yield compelling insights into secrets, self-disclosure, and the hidden price of silence. The third edition incorporates findings from hundreds of recent studies and includes practical exercises to help you try expressive writing for yourself. It features extensive new information on specific health benefits, as well as when the approach may not be helpful.

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Guilford Publications

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1462526632

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9781462526635

Opening Up by Writing It Down, Third Edition

How Expressive Writing Improves Health and Eases Emotional Pain

By: James W. Pennebaker,Joshua M. Smyth

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Opening Up by Writing It Down, Third Edition

How Expressive Writing Improves Health and Eases Emotional Pain

By: James W. Pennebaker,Joshua M. Smyth

Expressing painful emotions is hard--yet it can actually improve our mental and physical health. Distinguished psychologist James W. Pennebaker has spent decades studying what happens when people take just a few minutes to write about deeply felt personal experiences or problems. This lucid, compassionate book has introduced tens of thousands of readers to an easy to use self help technique that has been proven to heal old emotional wounds, promote a sense of well being, decrease stress, improve relationships, and boost the immune system. Updated with findings from hundreds of new studies, the significantly revised second edition now contains practical exercises to help readers try out expressive writing. It features extensive new information on specific health benefits, as well as when the approach may not be helpful"--

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Guilford Publications

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1462524923

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9781462524921

Opening Up

The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions

By: James W. Pennebaker

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Opening Up

The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions

By: James W. Pennebaker

Anyone who has ever entrusted a troubling secret to a journal, or mourned a broken heart with a friend, knows the feeling of relief that expressing painful emotions can bring. This book presents astonishing evidence that personal self-disclosure is not only good for our emotional health, but boosts our physical health as well. Psychologist James W. Pennebaker has conducted controlled clinical research that sheds new light on the powerful mind body connection. This book interweaves his findings with insightful case studies on secret-keeping, confession, and the hidden price of silence. Filled with information and encouragement, Opening Up explains: *Why suppressing inner problems takes a devastating toll on health *How long-buried trauma affects the immune system *How writing about your problems can improve your health *Why it's never too late to heal old emotional wounds *When self-disclosure may be risky--and how to know whom to trust

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274

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Guilford Press

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1462504841

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9781462504848

Diagnosis Narratives and the Healing Ritual in Western Medicine

By: James Meza

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Diagnosis Narratives and the Healing Ritual in Western Medicine

By: James Meza

The dominance of "illness narratives" in narrative healing studies has tended to mean that the focus centers around the healing of the individual. Meza proposes that this emphasis is misplaced and the true focus of cultural healing should lie in managing the disruption of disease and death (cultural or biological) to the individual’s relationship with society. By explicating narrative theory through the lens of cognitive anthropology, Meza reframes the epistemology of narrative and healing, moving it from relativism to a philosophical perspective of pragmatic realism. Using a novel combination of narrative theory and cognitive anthropology to represent the ethnographic data, Meza’s ethnography is a valuable contribution in a field where ethnographic records related to medical clinical encounters are scarce. The book will be of interest to scholars of medical anthropology and those interested in narrative history and narrative medicine.

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Routledge

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1351804987

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9781351804981

The New Expert Handicappers

Fourteen of the Best New-style Experts Beating the Races Today

By: James Quinn

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The New Expert Handicappers

Fourteen of the Best New-style Experts Beating the Races Today

By: James Quinn

In his newest book, Quinn introduces 14 of the top modern handicappers, pointing out their similarities and differences and how each of them expends a great deal of intellectual effort to beat the odds.

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William Morrow

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0688075118

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9780688075118

Book's by James P Meza

Integrating Narrative Medicine and Evidence-based Medicine

Integrating Narrative Medicine and Evidence-based Medicine

Opening Up by Writing It Down

Opening Up by Writing It Down

Opening Up by Writing It Down, Third Edition

Opening Up by Writing It Down, Third Edition

Opening Up

Opening Up

Diagnosis Narratives and the Healing Ritual in Western Medicine

Diagnosis Narratives and the Healing Ritual in Western Medicine

The New Expert Handicappers

The New Expert Handicappers

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