Narrative Medicine

Narrative medicine is a new genre of writing in which the patient's story plays an essential role in their healing journey. Debbie has published in the field of narrative medicine and seeks to help others write their health, illness or healing story.

View her online publications and courses that she teaches on the subject.

Live near Denver Colorado? Interested in Medical Narrative? Join:
Medical Authors: Writing for the Health of It Meet-Up

Online Publications

Debbie's articles on narrative in health, illness and healing that are listed below can be found in the online library of the International Association of Journal Writers

Journey of Narrative in Health, Illness, and Healing
Publications, Databases, Broadcast, and Organizations Related to Narrative Medicine
Creating a Story of Healing
Poetry for Healing
Suggestions for How To Write an Illness Narrative

Online Courses

Debbie teaches narrative medicine in the following online courses. For more information and to register, visit the workshops page.

Body Stories." Eight week class.
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"Writing the New Self in Illness and in Health." Four week class.
"Writing Your Personal Illness Story to Move Toward Health" webinars. Learn to write about your illness as a way of re-gaining your health.

Favorite books, anthologies, articles.

Stories of Illness and Healing: Women Write Their Bodies, edited by Dr. Sayantani DasGupta and Marsha Hurst, Ph.D.
Imagine What It's Like (2008), A Literature and Medicine Anthology, edited by Ruth Nadelhaft and Victoria Bonebakker
Narrative Medicine: Honoring the Stories of Illness (2006) by Rita Charon

Conferences