RT Book, Section A1 Epner, Daniel E. SR Print(0) ID 1190085567 T1 Introduction T2 Empathy: Real Stories to Inspire and Enlighten Busy Clinicians YR 2022 FD 2022 PB McGraw Hill LLC PP New York, NY SN 9781260473414 LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1190085567 RD 2024/12/04 AB EVERY PATIENT HAS an important story to tell. Rita Charon, in her landmark New England Journal of Medicine paper published in 2004, defined narrative competence as the ability to absorb, interpret, and respond to stories. This competence enables providers to practice with empathy, reflection, professionalism, and trustworthiness. Meaning is derived collaboratively, by the teller and listener, reader and writer, observer and observed, patient and physician. When a patient and clinician share a story, they experience it and derive meaning from it in their own ways. Each story becomes part of their lived experience and refines their worldview. Clinicians also have powerful stories to tell about their work, their families, mentors, hopes, dreams, and fears. This book sheds light on the interface between clinicians’ stories and the stories of their patients.