StorytellingSharingClinic, To Help Patients Tell Their Stories, Opens At Mass. General Hospital"Hospitals can be cold, scary, lonely places," said Dr. Annie Brewster, an MGH internist. "SharingClinic aims to build community and to lessen this sense of isolation."Local CoverageJan 22, 2016Boundary Crossing: When Doctors And Patients Get Personal For Better HealthIt is our belief that by highlighting the humanity of both individuals in the relationship, the patient-doctor bond can be strengthened, with increased satisfaction all around.Local CoverageJan 1, 2015Art As A Conversation About Cancer With 'Anyone Who Will Listen'Over the course of my treatment and the years to follow, the entirety of my work became a continuous, very uncomfortable, conversation about my disease with anyone that would listen.Local CoverageDec 22, 2014When Your Writing Is Part of Your HealingDr. Annie Brewster, a Boston internist who uses storytelling therapeutically, as a path toward healing, interviews Sarah Baker about her childhood asthma and how she came to understand it, in...Local CoverageJun 5, 2014Storytelling For Health: Doctor Promotes Intimate Patient NarrativesDr. Annie Brewster says: "My experience in the health care system -- both as a physician and as a patient living with multiple sclerosis -- has convinced me that the...Local CoverageMar 11, 2014AdvertisementFor Mental Health Boost: Take Charge Of Your Personal Story For Mental Health Boost: Take Charge Of Your Personal StoryLocal CoverageJan 13, 2012Podcast Friday: Storytelling As Patient Therapy; 'Better Care, Cheaper' ExperimentThe latest podcast features medical storytelling and a program that cuts costs while improving care.Local CoverageMar 11, 2011
SharingClinic, To Help Patients Tell Their Stories, Opens At Mass. General Hospital"Hospitals can be cold, scary, lonely places," said Dr. Annie Brewster, an MGH internist. "SharingClinic aims to build community and to lessen this sense of isolation."Local CoverageJan 22, 2016
Boundary Crossing: When Doctors And Patients Get Personal For Better HealthIt is our belief that by highlighting the humanity of both individuals in the relationship, the patient-doctor bond can be strengthened, with increased satisfaction all around.Local CoverageJan 1, 2015
Art As A Conversation About Cancer With 'Anyone Who Will Listen'Over the course of my treatment and the years to follow, the entirety of my work became a continuous, very uncomfortable, conversation about my disease with anyone that would listen.Local CoverageDec 22, 2014
When Your Writing Is Part of Your HealingDr. Annie Brewster, a Boston internist who uses storytelling therapeutically, as a path toward healing, interviews Sarah Baker about her childhood asthma and how she came to understand it, in...Local CoverageJun 5, 2014
Storytelling For Health: Doctor Promotes Intimate Patient NarrativesDr. Annie Brewster says: "My experience in the health care system -- both as a physician and as a patient living with multiple sclerosis -- has convinced me that the...Local CoverageMar 11, 2014
For Mental Health Boost: Take Charge Of Your Personal Story For Mental Health Boost: Take Charge Of Your Personal StoryLocal CoverageJan 13, 2012
Podcast Friday: Storytelling As Patient Therapy; 'Better Care, Cheaper' ExperimentThe latest podcast features medical storytelling and a program that cuts costs while improving care.Local CoverageMar 11, 2011