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PMID: 17624812 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The nature and scope of medical humanities are under debate. Some regard this field as consisting of those parts of the humanistic sciences that enhance our understanding of clinical practice and of medicine as historical phenomenon. In this article it is argued that aesthetic experience is as crucial to this project as are humanistic studies. To rightly understand what medicine is about we need to acknowledge the equal importance of two modes of understanding, intertwined and mutually reinforcing: the mode of aesthetic imagination and the mode of analytical reflection. |
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Authors:
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Rolf Ahlzén |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2007-07-11 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Medicine, health care, and philosophy Volume: 10 ISSN: 1386-7423 ISO Abbreviation: Med Health Care Philos Publication Date: 2007 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-11-07 Completed Date: 2008-06-20 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9815900 Medline TA: Med Health Care Philos Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 385-93 Citation Subset: E; IM |
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Department of Health and Environment, University of Karlstad, Karlstad, S-651 88, Sweden. Rolf.Ahlzen@kau.se |
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Art Esthetics Humanities* Humans Philosophy, Medical |
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