Dr. Maria Giulia Marini1
1 Executive Director of ISTUD Milan. Italy
Narrative medicine is what occurs between the health provider and the patient: from the collection of information of events before the occurrence of the disease, how the disease showed up, with attention to physical, psychological, social and ontological features.
Narrative Medicine fortifies clinical practice with the narrative competence to recognize, absorb, metabolize, interpret, and be moved by the stories of illness: helps doctors, nurses, social workers, and therapists to improve the effectiveness of care by developing the capacity for attention, reflection, representation, and affiliation with patients and colleagues.
This session will compare and contrast the ostomy patient narratives from two different countries – Italy and Australia and examine how we might approach our stoma patients differently.
Biography:
Executive Director of ISTUD Milan. Italy. Epidemiologist, Author of over 100 clinical papers, Member of Narrative Medicine reference panel at World Health Organisation, Adjunct Professor of Medical Humanities of HUNIMED faculty of Medicine and Nursing.