Download or read book Integrating Narrative Medicine and Evidence-Based Medicine written by James P Meza and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-03-20 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 thos