This paper addresses a current debate in the bioethics community between principlists, who consider that principles are at the heart of moral life, and narrativists, who see communication at its core.

Correspondence to Professor Eivind Engebretsen, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Box 1078 Blindern, Oslo 0316, Norway; eivind.engebretsen{at}medisin.uio.no Modern medicine is confronted with ...

Essayist Susan Sontag alerted us more than 20 years ago to the way in which clusters of metaphors attach themselves to our discussion of certain diseases, and the influence these metaphors exert on ...

This article aims to engender discussion about the nature and future of medical humanities. First, a normative personal vision of medical humanities as an inclusive movement is outlined. Some of the ...

Correspondence to Helene Scott-Fordsmand, Medical Museion, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 1310, Denmark; hesf{at}sund.ku.dk The paper offers the concept of reversing ...