“Honoring the Story of Care”

As a part of the 2018 Cleveland Humanities Festival: Health, Craig Irvine, founder and academic director of the Program in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University, will present “Honoring the Story of Care.” The lecture will take place Monday, April 2, at 4:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom A.

About the lecture

In his talk, Irvine will propose that the care of the sick unfolds in stories. The effective practice of health care requires the ability to recognize, absorb, interpret and act on the stories and plights of others. Narrative medicine addresses the need of patients and caregivers to voice their experience, to be heard and to be valued, and it acknowledges the power of narrative to change the way care is given and received. See more information.