Refer to the Newsela article "Health Benefits of Reading, Writing, Are Not Just for Patients."

Read the text under the heading “Mental Health Also Benefits.”

Which evidence supports the idea that reading and writing helps doctors and patients communicate better?

Select the two correct answers.

"He uses the line [of poetry] to communicate the depth of his intent to patients and family members facing deadly diseases."

"A movement called narrative medicine has been growing."

"Harper says doctors who read stories are more understanding and, therefore, more compassionate or caring, more willing to listen to their patients' stories."

"Each year, an author is asked to speak, teach writing classes to hospital staff and run an essay contest about how literature influences medicine."