Narrative medicine: Connecting literature with medicine


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Sharing stories with patients can help doctors to connect and communicate better with them. — AFP

Dr Christopher Travis, an intern (houseman) in obstetrics-gynaecology, has cared for patients with Covid-19 and performed surgery on women suspected of having the coronavirus.

But the patient who arrived for a routine prenatal visit in two masks and gloves had a problem that wasn’t physiological.

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