Doctor-patient Narrative Re-discovered from Overseas Traditional Chinese Medicine Practices
Abstract. The doctor-patient narrative has been revisited and appreciated in both the West and the East due to the negative impact of biochemical medicine in the past two centuries on healthcare. Biochemical medicine system simply marginalized the roles of doctors and patients. More research and pra...
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| description | Abstract. The doctor-patient narrative has been revisited and appreciated in both the West and the East due to the negative impact of biochemical medicine in the past two centuries on healthcare. Biochemical medicine system simply marginalized the roles of doctors and patients. More research and practice of “doctor’s benevolence” and “humanistic medicine” have called for the return of the doctor-patient narrative. This paper draws on interviews with several non-Chinese overseas traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners, whose clients are also non-Chinese. We adopted discourse analysis to explore our data. We found that they actively engaged in doctor-patient narrative with localized interpretation of TCM. We believe such a return to basic doctor-patient narrative is caused by fundamental needs for doctor-patient narrative coinciding with loose control of TCM practices in the studied countries. This discovery may inspire further study on re-establishing doctor-patient narratives in healthcare institutions by re-positioning biochemical medicine. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2bb2df1d91a244d2ac5098893da3a7512025-08-20T02:53:00ZengWolters Kluwer Health/LWWChinese Medicine and Culture2589-96272589-94732024-12-017432733410.1097/MC9.0000000000000120202412000-00009Doctor-patient Narrative Re-discovered from Overseas Traditional Chinese Medicine PracticesChengju SHEN0Yidan YANG1Zhenyi LI2Yang YANG1 School of Literature and Communication, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang 550018, China2 School of Culture and Health Communication, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China3 School of Communication and Culture, Royal Roads University, Victoria V9B 5Y2, CanadaAbstract. The doctor-patient narrative has been revisited and appreciated in both the West and the East due to the negative impact of biochemical medicine in the past two centuries on healthcare. Biochemical medicine system simply marginalized the roles of doctors and patients. More research and practice of “doctor’s benevolence” and “humanistic medicine” have called for the return of the doctor-patient narrative. This paper draws on interviews with several non-Chinese overseas traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners, whose clients are also non-Chinese. We adopted discourse analysis to explore our data. We found that they actively engaged in doctor-patient narrative with localized interpretation of TCM. We believe such a return to basic doctor-patient narrative is caused by fundamental needs for doctor-patient narrative coinciding with loose control of TCM practices in the studied countries. This discovery may inspire further study on re-establishing doctor-patient narratives in healthcare institutions by re-positioning biochemical medicine.http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/MC9.0000000000000120 |
| spellingShingle | Chengju SHEN Yidan YANG Zhenyi LI Yang YANG Doctor-patient Narrative Re-discovered from Overseas Traditional Chinese Medicine Practices Chinese Medicine and Culture |
| title | Doctor-patient Narrative Re-discovered from Overseas Traditional Chinese Medicine Practices |
| title_full | Doctor-patient Narrative Re-discovered from Overseas Traditional Chinese Medicine Practices |
| title_fullStr | Doctor-patient Narrative Re-discovered from Overseas Traditional Chinese Medicine Practices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Doctor-patient Narrative Re-discovered from Overseas Traditional Chinese Medicine Practices |
| title_short | Doctor-patient Narrative Re-discovered from Overseas Traditional Chinese Medicine Practices |
| title_sort | doctor patient narrative re discovered from overseas traditional chinese medicine practices |
| url | http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/MC9.0000000000000120 |
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