| Rejecting medical humanism: medical humanities and the metaphysics of medicine. | |
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PMID: 18058003 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The call for a narrative medicine has been touted as the cure-all for an increasingly mechanical medicine. It has been claimed that the humanities might create more empathic, reflective, professional and trustworthy doctors. In other words, we can once again humanise medicine through the addition of humanities. In this essay, I explore how the humanities, particularly narrative medicine, appeals to the metaphysical commitments of the medical institution in order to find its justification, and in so doing, perpetuates a dualism of humanity that would have humanism as the counterpoint to the biopsychosociologisms of our day. |
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Authors:
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Jeffrey P Bishop |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: The Journal of medical humanities Volume: 29 ISSN: 1041-3545 ISO Abbreviation: J Med Humanit Publication Date: 2008 Mar |
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Created Date: 2008-01-21 Completed Date: 2008-03-31 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8917478 Medline TA: J Med Humanit Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 15-25 Citation Subset: IM |
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Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University, 319 Oxford House, Nashville, TN 37232-4350, USA. Jeffrey.bishop@vanderbilt.edu |
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Humanism* Humans Metaphysics* Narration* United States |
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