Novels and Medicine (with Jay Baruch & Rishi Goyal)

Episode 5 April 05, 2021 00:57:56
Novels and Medicine (with Jay Baruch & Rishi Goyal)
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Novels and Medicine (with Jay Baruch & Rishi Goyal)

Apr 05 2021 | 00:57:56

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Show Notes

Two emergency-room physicians, Dr. Jay Baruch and Dr. Rishi Goyal, join our host, Nicholas Dames, to consider how novels can inform the practice of medicine.

 

When a patient enters the ER, they may be experiencing one of the most dramatic moments in their life story. For the doctor, it may be just one of many cases they'll encounter that day. How does narrative affect the way doctors treat patients? And how can reading novels like Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go help medical providers navigate the "narrative disaster zone" of the ER? 

 

You can find complete show notes here and purchase books from our independent-bookshop partner, Harvard Book Store, here.

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