This text examines the many ways that narrative methods of analysis and interpretation are transforming the work of medicine and ethics. This edited collection provides conceptual foundations, guidelines and theory central to narrative ethics. Acknowledgments vii Introduction. Memory and Anticipation: The Practice of Narrative Ethics ix Rita Charon Martha Montello I NARRATIVE KNOWLEDGE Narratives of Human Plight: A Conversation with Jerome Bruner 3(7) Jerome Bruner The Ethics of Medicine, as Revealed in Literature 10(11) Wayne Booth Like an Open Book: Reliability, Intersubjectivity, and Textuality in Bioethics 21(18) Laurie Zoloth Rita Charon II NARRATIVE COMPONENTS OF BIOETHICS Context: Backward, Sideways, and Forward 39(9) Hilde Lindemann Nelson Voice in the Medical Narrative 48(11) Suzanne Poirier Time and Ethics 59(10) Rita Charon The Idea of Character 69(8) Anne Hunsaker Hawkins Plot: Framing Contingency and Choice in Bioethics 77(8) Tod Chambers Kathryn Montgomery The Reader's Response and Why It Matters in Biomedical Ethics 85(12) Charles M. Anderson Martha Montello III CASE STUDIES IN NARRATIVE ETHICS The Narrative of Rescue in Pediatric Practice 97(12) Walter M. Robinson Beyond the Authoritative Voice: Casting a Wide Net in Ethics Consultation 109(10) Susan B. Rubin Of Symbols and Silence: Using Narrative and Its Interpretation to Foster Physician Understanding 119(7) Marcia Day Childress Narrative Understanding and Methods in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health 126(12) Richard Martinez In the Absence of Narrative 138(11) Julia E. Connelly IV CONSEQUENCES OF USING NARRATIVE METHODS Narrative Ethics and Institutional Impact 149(5) Howard Brody Reconsidering Action: Day-to-Day Ethics in the Work of Medicine 154(6) John D. Lantos The Color of the Wallpaper: Training for Narrative Ethics 160(11) Anne Hudson Jones V THE NARRATIVE FUTURE OF ETHICS PRACTICE The Hyphenated Space: Liminality in the Doctor-Patient Relationship 171(12) Ronald A. Carson Narrative Ethics, Gene Stories, and the Hermeneutics of Consent Forms 183(13) Larry R. Churchill Narrative, Ethics, and Pain: Thinking with Stories 196(23) David B. Morris The Story Inside 219(8) Joanne Trautmann Banks Notes on Contributors 227(6) Permissions 233(2) Index 235