Abstract

MARIANO JUAREZ, Lorenzo; RODRIGUEZ MARTIN, Beatriz  and  CONDE CABALLERO, David. Narrative-based care: redefining the hierarchy of evidence. Index Enferm [online]. 2013, vol.22, n.1-2, pp.55-59. ISSN 1699-5988.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1132-12962013000100012.

Since the late 90´, several papers have been rise under the name of "Narrative Based Medicine", a movement that pretend to focus the clinical practice toward the patient and his narrative. Although the origins constituted a criticism of the postulates of Evidence Based Medicine, at the present time, this movement involves a integrationist perspective that reconstructs notions and hierarchies of evidence. Ideologically, NMB proposes a medical practice that places the patient's experience as a first order. However, the impact of this movement in nursing care has been virtually null and void. This paper, first of a series, explores the theoretical bases and principles of the NBM suggesting a framework that underpins a nursing care based on narratives including also a review of its "avant-garde" character.

Keywords : Narrative Based Medicine; Narrative Care; Illness; Nursing care; Patient-centered care.