application of narrative in medical ethics

The use of narratives as narrative discourse is a tool used to express the experiences of individuals (1). in medical sciences, the use of the narrative approach has been emphasized by rita charon (2). researchers who have used a narrative approach in medical education claim that practicing narrative writing can improve health care provision (3 6). in the health care system, narration is the usage of literature on patients' stories to facilitate clinical decision making for physicians. lately, the narrative has applied a healing potential as narrative care, a method that uses story to improve health care. this approach focuses on patients' stories (7). the narrative plays a very effective role in making difficult ethical decisions, and therefore it is important to keep considerations and consequences in mind (8).