Rita Charon on Narrative Medicine Question

Based on the week’s readings, make an argument for or against one of the following questions: Please make sure to support your argument with an example to explain your position. ( I will attach rubrics and readings/PPT for this paper)

1. A health provider’s learning through reading or writing narratives influences their work in providing health care.
2. A health provider should spend as much time (more than 15 minutes) with a patient to listen to their issues in greater detail.
3. Narrative medicine has an effect on the sick, or people with health issues

• Provide a brief summary of your argument. State whether you agree or disagree.
• Provide your reasons for why you agree or disagree. Include ideas that persuade your reader to agree or disagree with your argument.
• You should have at least 3 main points to discuss.
• Argue your points reasonably; clearly and in logical chronological order when moving from one idea to the next ensure that you exhaust your first point.
• For this assignment:
• Provide examples to support your response; these can be facts or excerpts from readings provided or from other sources (reliable sources – that have .edu, .gov, .org, .
• The minimum word count for this assignment is 500-1000, you are welcome to write more.
• The minimum number of references for this and all assignments in this course is 2 (two).
• Cite your source whenever you include information that is not your own even if you are paraphrasing what you have read.
• For all the assignments, you are expected to use the American Psychological Association (APA) format of both in text citation and referencing