{"id":10334,"date":"2011-09-21T02:53:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T06:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmedicine.org\/epatients\/?p=10334"},"modified":"2011-09-26T19:13:19","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T23:13:19","slug":"the-unexpected-power-of-storytelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/2011\/09\/the-unexpected-power-of-storytelling.html","title":{"rendered":"The unexpected power of storytelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <em>Journal of Participatory Medicine<\/em> recently published a new commentary, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jopm.org\/opinion\/commentary\/2011\/09\/19\/a-skydiver-jumps-and-an-online-community-exults\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;A Skydiver Jumps, and an Online Community Exults,&#8221;<\/a> about the unexpected power of storytelling in a lung cancer support group. 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