Discussion on the Practice of Narrative Medicine in Primary Care from the Perspective of General Practitioners

Abstract

Primary health care provided by general practitioners is an important safeguard for the achievement of universal health coverage. With the continues progress of new medical reform, the number of primary care settings, general practitioners and outpatient visits have increased significantly compared with one decade ago. General practitioners, as the main body of implementation of general practice, coincides with the concept of narrative medicine in terms of patient-centeredness and attention to both psychological and social factors of the patients. Narrative medicine is medicine practiced by clinical workers who have narrative ability, with strong theory and weak practice in our country at present. From the perspective of general practitioners, this paper presents the positive influence of narrative medicine practice in primary care on general practitioners in the form of parallel medical records.

Keywords

• general practice|narrative medicine|parallel medical records|primary health care