Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. PREFACE xi
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
5. INTRODUCTION: INTERPRETING MEDICINE xvii
6. PART ONE: MEDICINE AND INTERPRETATION
7. ONE Knowledge in Medicine: Reading the Signs 1
8. TWO A Science of Individuals: Medicine and Uncertainty 27
9. PART TWO: NARRATIVE IN MEDICINE
10. THREE The Representation of the Patient 51
11. FOUR ''There Was This One Guy . . . ": Anecdotes in Medicine 69
12. FIVE Writing Up the Case: Charts and Case Reports 83
13. SIX An N of 1: Clinical-Pathological Conferences and Syndrome Letters 107
14. SEVEN Patients, Physicians, and Red Parakeets: Narrative Incommensurability 123
15. EIGHT A Case for Narrative 148
16. NOTES 175
17. INDEX 199