what is narrative ethics
Abstract. Narrative ethics is one approach to medical ethics of the clinical encounter. Narrative ethics is the form of medical ethics that accounts for personal identity experienced as lifeânarrative. It expands the scope of âbeneficenceâ as it is usually manifest by the professional in the clinical encounter. It is a tool in the phenomenological analysis of illness experiences with the potential for influencing professional practice. Keywords: ethics; narrative; medical genetics; medical ethics.