The Role of Experience in Narrative Medicine

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Razavi University for Islamic Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

2 . PhD Candidate in Quran and Hadith Sciences, Razavi University for Islamic Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

The instructions of medicine, the properties of drugs, therapeutic methods, specific prayers for curing diseases, and other related matters mentioned in narratives form a collection known as narrative medicine. The widespread prevalence of modern medical knowledge and the use of empirical scientific methods have raised the question of the weight and position of experience in narrative medicine. Some baseless and dogmatic perspectives regarding the foundations of narrative medicine, which have found a platform in the virtual space, necessitate a scientific examination. The objective of this research, based on narrative sources and in a descriptive-analytical approach, is to investigate the position of experience in narrative medicine, avoiding extremism and exaggeration. This is done by examining the role of experience in the medical knowledge of the infallible Imams and the application of experience in evaluating medical narratives. The findings of this study indicate that despite the similarities and harmony between some teachings of narrative medicine and other medical schools, the apparent narratives and the perspective of prominent Shia scholars suggest that the medical knowledge of the Ahlul Bayt is divine revelation. However, they did not deny human experiences in this field and also utilized them. It was also revealed that the narratives encompassing medical teachings of the infallibles can be divided into two categories: natural teachings and supernatural teachings. Empirical evaluation and the use of scientific methods are only applicable to natural teachings.

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11- Pajooheshname Hadith Tatbighee
Volume 10, Issue 18
August 2023
Pages 289-308

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  • Receive Date: 26 March 2022
  • Revise Date: 09 September 2022
  • Accept Date: 27 September 2022

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