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Letters |15 December 1995

Literature and Medicine: Contributions to Clinical Practice

Rita Charon, MD; Julia E. Connelly, MD; Anne Hunsaker Hawkins, PhD

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  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University New York, NY 10032 University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, VA 22908 The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Hershey, PA 17033
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We thank Dr. Horton for expanding the medical applicability of literary methods to include the interpretation of clinical research. In the act of writing, the author assumes a narrative contract with the reader that, if all goes well, leads to some change in the reader—edification, comfort, or a change in understanding. Rhetorical analyses can help us to achieve the critical skill required to evaluate research, thus clarifying the researchers' intentions, interpretations, and biases. In addition to defining generalizability, other projects within clinical research rest, in part, on interpretive functions; for example, deciding on statistical methods, clarifying the meaning...
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Charon R, Connelly JE, Hawkins AH. Literature and Medicine: Contributions to Clinical Practice. Ann Intern Med. 1995;123:966. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-123-12-199512150-00029

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1995;123(12):966.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-123-12-199512150-00029

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