Narrative medicine and compassionate care: how can the art of speaking and listening, the sensitivity to language more generally, lead to better treatment? From the article:

Rita Charon defines [narrative medicine] as ‘medicine practiced with the narrative competencies to recognise, absorb, interpret and be moved by the stories of illness’. She suggests that, in exploring texts and reading them closely, one finds the tools of language such as metaphor, plot, character and temporality. She suggests that learning such skills enables clinicians to recognise that same language when it appears in clinical interaction practice. This ‘narrative competence’ can be fostered through education initiatives that particularly explore literature, creative and reflective writing, storytelling and poetry.

h/t Philippa Göranson @Bokofil