Storytelling Helps Hospital Staff Discover The Person Within The Patient

June 8, 2019
4:00 am
Federal VA, National, News

VA hospitals are recording patients’ life stories to help strengthen understanding between patients and their caregivers. Including such stories in medical records may even improve health outcomes.

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