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September 1, 2025 22 mins

How can people with BPD and their clinicians communicate more effectively and compassionately with each other? In this solo episode, I draw on my personal experiences and my study of narrative medicine to offer tips for people on both sides of the doctor-patient encounter, especially during the initial visit and collection of the patient’s history. I explain why self-advocacy is so important, particularly for those who identify as women.

 

Rita Charon, Narrative Medicine: Honoring the Stories of Illness 

Maya Dusenbery, Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick

Edvard Munch, The Scream

Columbia University narrative medicine program

University of Toronto narrative-based medicine program

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