Personal Narrative
Nov 2000
What is it like to experience a debilitating, potentially life-threatening illness or to encounter the health care environment, perhaps for the first time, from a position of vulnerability? In reading patients' stories, physicians can come to see themselves and the often times unsettling medical encounter through others' eyes. When patients - including physicians who have become patients - voice their most intimate thoughts, feelings, and reactions, much can be learned.
November Patient Story
Gianakos D. Alternative healer. Ann Intern Med. 2000;133(7):559.
