The medical humanities - a brief introduction.
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BACKGROUND The medical humanities is a broad area of study and practice encompassing all nontechnical or 'human' aspects of medicine. OBJECTIVE This article introduces a series in the medical humanities in Australian Family Physician. DISCUSSION The medical humanities serve three main goals: the study of the human aspects of medicine from within traditional arts disciplines of history, philosophy, sociology and literature; the intersection of medicine and the creative arts; and the training of more insightful and compassionate doctors. This article briefly explores these three goals and discusses their value for the medical community.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Australian family physician
دوره 37 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008