This chapter profiles Dr. Rita Charon, the physician-scholar who founded the field of narrative medicine and transformed medical education through integrating literary studies with clinical practice (Peede, Doctor of narrative medicine. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/article/doctor-narrative-medicine , 2018; Irvine, Attending physician: Rita Charon. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/article/attending-physician-rita-charon , 2018; Scanlan, Patient health through narrative medicine. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/project/patient-health-through-narrative-medicine , n.d.; Columbia University School of Professional Studies, Rita Charon, M.D., Ph.D. https://sps.columbia.edu/person/rita-charon-md-phd , n.d.). Inspired by her father’s general practice, Dr. Charon earned her MD from Harvard Medical School (1978) before pursuing advanced degrees in English, including a PhD from Columbia University (1999) practice (Peede, Doctor of narrative medicine. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/article/doctor-narrative-medicine , 2018; Irvine, Attending physician: Rita Charon. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/article/attending-physician-rita-charon , 2018; Scanlan, Patient health through narrative medicine. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/project/patient-health-through-narrative-medicine , n.d.; Columbia University School of Professional Studies, Rita Charon, M.D., Ph.D. https://sps.columbia.edu/person/rita-charon-md-phd , n.d.; National Library of Medicine, Biography—Dr. Rita Charon. Changing the Face of Medicine. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/changing-the-face-of-medicine/physicians/biography_rita_charon.html , n.d.). As a practicing internist at Columbia, she recognized that patients’ illness narratives were central to diagnosis and healing, not peripheral (Peede, Doctor of narrative medicine. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/article/doctor-narrative-medicine , 2018; Irvine, Attending physician: Rita Charon. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/article/attending-physician-rita-charon , 2018; Scanlan, Patient health through narrative medicine. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/project/patient-health-through-narrative-medicine , n.d.). In 2000, she coined the term “narrative medicine” and secured National Endowment for the Humanities funding to develop the theoretical framework (Peede, Doctor of narrative medicine. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/article/doctor-narrative-medicine , 2018; Columbia University School of Professional Studies, Rita Charon, M.D., Ph.D. https://sps.columbia.edu/person/rita-charon-md-phd , n.d.). Her landmark 2006 book established narrative competence—the ability to recognize, absorb, and interpret stories of illness—as essential to effective healthcare (Scanlan, Patient health through narrative medicine. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/project/patient-health-through-narrative-medicine , n.d.; Charon, Narrative medicine: honoring the stories of illness. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006). Dr. Charon founded Columbia’s Program in Narrative Medicine (2000) and the world’s first Master of Science in Narrative Medicine (2009), training hundreds of practitioners globally (Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation, Rita Charon, MD, PhD. https://www.wimlf.org/rita-charon-md-phd , 2011; Duboff, A champion of narrative medicine. Harv Med Mag. https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/champion-narrative-medicine , 2018, August 21; Columbia University Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics, Rita Charon, MD, PhD. https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/narrative-medicine/bibliography/rita-charon-md-phd , 2020, January 27; Wasley, Dr. Rita Charon named the 2018 Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/news/dr-rita-charon-named-2018-jefferson-lecturer-humanities , 2018). In 2018, she became founding chair of Columbia’s Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics, cementing the humanities’ role in medical education (Columbia University Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics, Rita Charon, MD, PhD. https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/narrative-medicine/bibliography/rita-charon-md-phd , 2020, January 27).

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Ogochukwu M. Cox

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This chapter profiles Dr. Rita Charon, the physician-scholar who founded the field of narrative medicine and transformed medical education through integrating literary studies with clinical practice (Peede, Doctor of narrative medicine. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/article/doctor-narrative-medicine , 2018; Irvine, Attending physician: Rita Charon. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/article/attending-physician-rita-charon , 2018; Scanlan, Patient health through narrative medicine. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/project/patient-health-through-narrative-medicine , n.d.; Columbia University School of Professional Studies, Rita Charon, M.D., Ph.D. https://sps.columbia.edu/person/rita-charon-md-phd , n.d.). Inspired by her father’s general practice, Dr. Charon earned her MD from Harvard Medical School (1978) before pursuing advanced degrees in English, including a PhD from Columbia University (1999) practice (Peede, Doctor of narrative medicine. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/article/doctor-narrative-medicine , 2018; Irvine, Attending physician: Rita Charon. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/article/attending-physician-rita-charon , 2018; Scanlan, Patient health through narrative medicine. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/project/patient-health-through-narrative-medicine , n.d.; Columbia University School of Professional Studies, Rita Charon, M.D., Ph.D. https://sps.columbia.edu/person/rita-charon-md-phd , n.d.; National Library of Medicine, Biography—Dr. Rita Charon. Changing the Face of Medicine. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/changing-the-face-of-medicine/physicians/biography_rita_charon.html , n.d.). As a practicing internist at Columbia, she recognized that patients’ illness narratives were central to diagnosis and healing, not peripheral (Peede, Doctor of narrative medicine. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/article/doctor-narrative-medicine , 2018; Irvine, Attending physician: Rita Charon. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/article/attending-physician-rita-charon , 2018; Scanlan, Patient health through narrative medicine. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/project/patient-health-through-narrative-medicine , n.d.). In 2000, she coined the term “narrative medicine” and secured National Endowment for the Humanities funding to develop the theoretical framework (Peede, Doctor of narrative medicine. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/article/doctor-narrative-medicine , 2018; Columbia University School of Professional Studies, Rita Charon, M.D., Ph.D. https://sps.columbia.edu/person/rita-charon-md-phd , n.d.). Her landmark 2006 book established narrative competence—the ability to recognize, absorb, and interpret stories of illness—as essential to effective healthcare (Scanlan, Patient health through narrative medicine. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/project/patient-health-through-narrative-medicine , n.d.; Charon, Narrative medicine: honoring the stories of illness. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006). Dr. Charon founded Columbia’s Program in Narrative Medicine (2000) and the world’s first Master of Science in Narrative Medicine (2009), training hundreds of practitioners globally (Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation, Rita Charon, MD, PhD. https://www.wimlf.org/rita-charon-md-phd , 2011; Duboff, A champion of narrative medicine. Harv Med Mag. https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/champion-narrative-medicine , 2018, August 21; Columbia University Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics, Rita Charon, MD, PhD. https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/narrative-medicine/bibliography/rita-charon-md-phd , 2020, January 27; Wasley, Dr. Rita Charon named the 2018 Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://www.neh.gov/news/dr-rita-charon-named-2018-jefferson-lecturer-humanities , 2018). In 2018, she became founding chair of Columbia’s Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics, cementing the humanities’ role in medical education (Columbia University Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics, Rita Charon, MD, PhD. https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/narrative-medicine/bibliography/rita-charon-md-phd , 2020, January 27).