The functional realism of medicine -- Modalities of science : narrative, phronesis, and the skills of medicine -- The chief concern of medicine : narrative knowledge and schema-based practice -- The logic of diagnosis : peirce, literary narrative, and the history of present illness -- The patient-physician relationship : the scene of narration -- The patient's story : the apprehension of narration -- Doctors listening and attending to patients : response and engagement with acts of narration -- Narrative and medicine : schemas of narration -- Narrative and everyday medical ethics : schemas of action -- Reading the death of Ivan Ilych.