A doctor gets shingles and finds himself unable to refuse unnecessary tests. A student in need of a kidney transplant gets offers of marriage, with free health care attached. A national news celebrity struggles with bipolar disorder.
You might not expect to find these stories in a research and policy journal. But since 1999, Health Affairs [...]
Tag Archives: Health Affairs
The best-kept secret on medical narratives
October 8, 2009 – 1:07 pm
What Are We Going To Do with Dad?
July 1, 2005 – 12:00 am
We include this narrative essay by a physician—published in a health care journal—because it’s a great example of the ways that narrative can enliven and enlighten discourse about complicated and difficult topics. Winakur dispenses with the sterilized language of health care policy and medicine, writing with honesty and grace. In doing so he helps explicate [...]
