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

Kliniska berättelser och narrativ medicin som redskap inom personcentrerad vård

Versions of this syllabus:

Autumn 2026

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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