biostudies-literatureUnknown24(1)Palla I<h4>Background</h4>The origin of Narrative Medicine dates back to more than 20 years ago at an international level. Narrative Medicine is not an alternative to evidence-based medicine, however these two approaches are integrated. Narrative Medicine is a methodology based on specific communication skills where storytelling is a fundamental tool to acquire, understand and integrate several points of view related to persons involving in the disease and in the healthcare process. Narrative Medicine, henceforth NM, represents a union between disease and illness between the doctor's clinical knowledge and the patient's experience. According to Byron Good, "we cannot have direct access to the experience of others' illness, not even through in-depth investigations: one of the ways in which we can BMC health services research1116https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11428871biostudies-literatureNarrative Medicine: theory, clinical practice and education - a scoping review.PMC11428871Turchetti GPalla IPolvani SfalseNarrative Medicine: theory, clinical practice and education - a scoping review.<h4>Background</h4>The origin of Narrative Medicine dates back to more than 20 years ago at an international level. Narrative Medicine is not an alternative to evidence-based medicine, however these two approaches are integrated. Narrative Medicine is a methodology based on specific communication skills where storytelling is a fundamental tool to acquire, understand and integrate several points of view related to persons involving in the disease and in the healthcare process. Narrative Medicine, henceforth NM, represents a union between disease and illness between the doctor's clinical knowledge and the patient's experience. According to Byron Good, "we cannot have direct access to the experience of others' illness, not even through in-depth investigations: one of the ways in which we can 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z2024 Sep2026-06-06T17:35:08.692Z2025-04-06T12:53:16.439ZS-EPMC114288713933414910.1186/s12913-024-11530-x