Abstract
About Narrative in bioethics, our discussion is not limited to "Narrative Ethics" in a narrow sense (Narratology), but it analyzes methodological and practical meanings of Narrative, emphasizing the role of Narrative in a sense of the Social Constructionism. "Giving concrete solutions to concrete conflicts". If we consider it as one of essential tasks of bioethics (or applied ethics), Narrative approach has only a very limited meaning at the methodological level in bioethics. It is because narratives do not give us a concrete ethical determination, although they also have an important meaning, theoretically and practically, to grasp clinical situations as what was built by various narratives. However, on the clinical level, attentively considering narratives (listening carefully to a patient's petition; also including its context) has decisive importance in a practical meaning. Rather than the theme in a narrow range as the methodology of bioethics, the concern of Narrative should be connected to a concrete request as an improvement of the medical locus.
