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© 2006 The Johns Hopkins University Press All rights reserved. Published 2006 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363 www.press.jhu.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Narrative matters : the power of the personal essay in health policy / edited by Fitzhugh S. M. Mullan, Ellen Ficklen, and Kyna Rubin. p. cm. “A Health Affairs reader.” Anthology of essays published in the Narrative matters section of Health affairs journal. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8018-8478-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-8018-8479-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Medical policy. 2. Narrative medicine. [DNLM: 1. Health Policy—United States—Collected Works. 2. Delivery of Health Care—United States—Collected Works. 3. Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice—United States—Collected Works. 4. Medicine—United States—Collected Works. 5. Narration—United States—Collected Works. 6. Public Health—United States— Collected Works. WA 540 AA1 N106 2006] I. Mullan, Fitzhugh. II. Ficklen, Ellen. III. Rubin, Kyna. IV. Health affairs (Project Hope) RA393.N37 2006 362. 1—dc22 2006005257 A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. ...

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