Abstract
Dr. Stephen Hoffiann, in telling the story of his own medical training, revealed an attitude that Dr. Katz would have preferred: "With a magnanimity that borders on the incredible, patients treat us to themselves-that is, if we're lucky enough to really hear them." I would like to consider the stories doctors, patients, and families tell to and about one another as part of an inquiry into the ethics of medical encounters. My most basic question asks how doctors should communicate technical and especially statistical information, and whether they be obliged to ensure that patients and their families understand that information. I also would like to use the opportunities provided by this question and this conference to reflect upon the contrast between information and stories as methods for making meaning about living, illness, risk, and dying.
Recommended Citation
Minow, Martha
(1992)
"Telling Medical Stories:
Sharing Information Among
Doctors, Patients, and Families,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 1992:
No.
3, Article 9.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol1992/iss3/9