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Review
. 1987 Aug;12(3):205-17.
doi: 10.1093/jmp/12.3.205.

Medicine as interpretation: the uses of literary metaphors and methods

E L Gogel  1 , J S Terry
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Review

Medicine as interpretation: the uses of literary metaphors and methods

E L Gogel et al. J Med Philos. 1987 Aug.

Abstract

Theorists at the interface of medicine and the humanities have recently suggested that interpretation as a literary activity can be applied to the practice of clinical medicine. This article reviews such theories and their literary metaphors and methods. In pushing these ideas further, it is proposed that a number of guidelines can be applied to interpretation as a practical activity for clinical medicine.

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