Clinical Stories and Narrative Medicine as Tools in Person-Centred Care

The course Clinical Stories and Narrative Medicine as Tools in Person-Centred Care at KI is taught in Swedish.

This course requires knowledge of Swedish. Swedish is the language of instruction. For more information, see the Swedish version of this page.

Clinical Stories and Narrative Medicine as Tools in Person-Centred Care

Kliniska berättelser och narrativ medicin som redskap inom personcentrerad vård

Essential data

Course code: 2QA280
Course name: Clinical Stories and Narrative Medicine as Tools in Person-Centred Care
Credits: 7.5
Form of Education: Higher education, study regulation of 2007
Main field of study: Not applicable
Level: Second cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Grading scale: Fail (U) or pass (G)
Department: Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
Decided by: Utbildningsnämnden NVS
Decision date: 2026-03-11
Course syllabus valid from: Autumn semester 2026

Literature and other teaching aids

Charon, Rita (2017). The principles and practice of narrative medicine. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780199360192

Ekman, Inger (red.) (2020). Personcentrering inom hälso- och sjukvård: från filosofi till praktik. Andra upplagan Stockholm: Liber. ISBN: 9789147129676

Mattingly, Cheryl (1998). Healing dramas and clinical plots: the narrative structure of experience. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 0521630045

Sigurdson, O. (2014). Kultur och hälsa: Ett vidgat perspektiv. Centrum för kultur och hälsa, Göteborgs universitet. ISBN: 978‑91‑88348‑57‑9

Charon, Rita (2006). Narrative medicine: honoring the stories of illness. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780195340228

Tidskrift/artikel

Socialmedicinsk tidskrift. (2024). Vol. 101(3): Narrativ medicin.
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