Although the introduction of narrative medicine in China is closely related to English language and literature teaching in medical colleges,no textbook on medical narratives in English literature has been produced based on the concept of narrative medicine in China.By investigating the main textbooks on medical narratives at home and abroad,echoing to the reality and needs of integrating narrative medicine into English teaching in China,this paper proposes a framework for compiling a textbook of selected readings of medical narratives in English literature based on narrative medicine.
Narrative medicineMedical narrativesLiterature and medicineMedical humanities