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I then investigate narrative medicine as an outgrowth of literature and medicine, analyzing Rita Charon’s coining of the term narrative medicine and her efforts to separate narrative medicine from literature and medicine. Evaluating the popularity of narrative medicine as well as the project’s potential to surpass literature and medicine, I ultimately arrive at four conclusions: First, narrative medicine seeks an alignment with clinical practice in a way that literature and medicine does not. Second, narrative medicine, in core practice, focuses on the physician-writer. Literature and medicine, on the other hand, incorporates more diverse scholarship. Third, by encouraging the clinician as occasional-writer, the culture of narrative medicine does not adequately emphasize privacy concerns. Internet and social networking sites aiming to promote informal examples of narrative medicine also provide unchecked outlets for content that may violate patient confidentiality. 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