The Medical Humanities: A brief introduction

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dc.contributor.author	Hooker, C
dc.date.accessioned	2015-02-09
dc.date.available	2015-02-09
dc.date.issued	2008-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Hooker, C. (2008) ‘The Medical Humanities: A brief introduction.’ Australian Family Physician, 37, 4, 369-70	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12709
dc.description.abstract	The medical humanities is a broad area of study and practice encompassing all nontechnical or 'human' aspects of medicine. This article introduces a series in the medical humanities in Australian Family Physician. 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.	en
dc.language.iso	en_AU	en
dc.publisher	AFP	en
dc.rights	Other
dc.title	The Medical Humanities: A brief introduction	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.type.pubtype	Author accepted manuscript	en
usyd.faculty	Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney Health Ethics