DARREN CASE - NARRATIVE ETHICS IN KLASS,PERRI OTHER-WOMENS-CHILDREN

During the past fifteen years, the relationship between literature and medical ethics has evolved from the occasional use of stories as a su bstitute for the traditional case study in medical ethics to the emerg ence of a narrative approach to ethical analysis and decision making. Thus far, literary theory has been more important to narrative medical ethics than have works of literature themselves. Perri Klass's novel. Other Women's Children deserves special scrutiny, however, because an analysis of it demonstrates ways that a narrative approach could enha nce traditional philosophical and legal approaches to resolving ethica l dilemmas in medicine.