1. Contrasting epistemologies: Biomedicine, narrative medicine and indigenous story medicine.
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Neilson, Shane
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HOLISTIC medicine , *TRADITIONAL medicine , *MEDICAL care of indigenous peoples , *CULTURAL competence , *EXPERIENCE , *THEORY of knowledge , *COMMUNICATION , *NARRATIVE medicine , *PRACTICAL politics , *HEALTH care teams - Abstract
Background: Narrative Medicine (NM) and Indigenous Story Medicine both use narrative to understand and effect health, but their respective conceptualizations of narrative differ. Aims: I contrast the concept of narrative in NM with that of Indigenous Story Medicine. Materials and Methods: The article relies Western narrative theorists as well as Indigenous epistemologists to frame a discussion‐by‐contrast of the Judeo‐Christian creation myth with a Haundenosaunee Creation Story. Results: I demonstrate that the deficiencies of Narrative Medicine exist because the latter's use of narrative is a mere application in an otherwise reductive field, whereas Indigenous epistemologies rely on story as medicine itself. Discussion: OMIT. Conclusion: I call for more scholars to take up different narratives to further investigate the ethical space between NM and Indigenous Story Medicine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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