Exploration and practice of humanistic care in children’s fever clinics from the perspective of narrative medicine / 中国医学伦理学

To explore the application of humanistic care in children’s fever clinics， the children’s fever clinics of Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center conducted relevant research using narrative medicine as a guiding concept. This paper elaborated on the medical humanistic dilemmas and narrative care needs in children’s fever clinics， and focused on exploring the practice paths of narrative medicine in pediatric with Chinese characteristics from five dimensions， including the cultivation of nursing staff’s abilities of professional narrative and humanistic care， the establishment of health lectures featuring narrative patient education， the alleviation of medical anxiety for children and their families， related support of narrative nursing， and caring services. The aim was to improve the narrative care ability of nurses in children’s fever clinics， develop methods for pediatric patients that can eliminate the fear of seeking medical treatment， and protect children’s physical and mental health. A carrier of care， support， and emotional expression can be provided for parents. The foundation for nursing staff to achieve professional growth through narrative reflection can be laid. Thus， it can assist in establishing a life narrative community relationship between doctors and patients， and jointly explore the meaning of life.

Metaphorical Narrative in the Context of Life and Health: Taking Intractable Diseases in Children as an Example / 中国医学伦理学

Metaphorical narrative, as a kind of image, has a remarkable effect on the research of children’s psychological intervention. It is an important way of human cognition of the world, and its essence is the cross-domain mapping between the source domain and the target domain. Taking intractable diseases in children as an example, this paper illustrated the importance of metaphorical narrative in children’s diseases narrative, life and health education, disease science popularization, diseases notification, as well as the treatment communication. This paper aimed to arouse more researchers’ attention to the metaphorical narrative, actively apply metaphorical narrative to clinical practice, guide disease subjects to eliminate fear, accept diseases, so as to achieve the doctor-patients’ vision fusion and positively cooperate with clinical treatment. Not only can an appropriate metaphor help people get out of psychological difficulties, but it can renew a healthy life story.