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Medical humanities: to cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15651937     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The medical humanities are concerned with "the science of the human", and bring the perspectives of disciplines such as history, philosophy, literature, art and music to understanding health, illness and medicine. The medical humanities are designed to overcome the separation of clinical care from the "human sciences" and to foster interdisciplinary teaching and research to optimise patient care. Medical humanities have become part of the mainstream in medical education in North America and the United Kingdom, and are now integrated into many medical curricula in Australia. The Australasian Association for Medical Humanities was inaugurated in November 2004; a postgraduate program in the medical humanities began at the University of Sydney in 2003.
Authors:
Jill Gordon
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Medical journal of Australia     Volume:  182     ISSN:  0025-729X     ISO Abbreviation:  Med. J. Aust.     Publication Date:  2005 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-01-17     Completed Date:  2005-03-31     Revised Date:  2005-11-16    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0400714     Medline TA:  Med J Aust     Country:  Australia    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  5-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW. jill.gordon@arts.usyd.edu.au
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Australia
Curriculum
Education, Medical / methods,  trends*
Education, Medical, Graduate
Humanities / education*
Humans
Societies, Medical / organization & administration
Teaching / methods
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Med J Aust. 2005 Apr 18;182(8):430, 432; author reply 432   [PMID:  15850446 ]

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