Medical humanities
Medical humanities is an interdisciplinary field of medicine which includes the humanities (literature, philosophy, ethics, history and religion), social science (anthropology, cultural studies, psychology, sociology), and the arts (literature, theater, film, and visual arts) and their application to medical education and practice.[1] Medical humanities is also defined as an interdisciplinary,and increasingly international endeavor that draws on the creative and intellectual strengths of diverse disciplines,including literature, art, creative writing, drama, film,music, philosophy, ethical decision making, anthropology,and history, in pursuit of medical educational goals.[2] There is still no consensus on a common definition and this exciting field continues to grow and evolve.
The humanities and arts provide insight into the human condition, suffering, personhood, our responsibility to each other, and offer a historical perspective on medical practice. Attention to literature and the arts helps to develop and nurture skills of observation, analysis, empathy, and self-reflection -- skills that are essential for humane medical care. The social sciences help us to understand how bioscience and medicine take place within cultural and social contexts and how culture interacts with the individual experience of illness and the way medicine is practiced.
Cinemeducation, from the title of a text by Matthew Alexander, Anna Pavlov, and Patricia Lenahan, refers to the use of film in medical education.
[edit] References
- ^ Aull, Felice. "Medical Humanities". Medical Humanities Community. New York University School of Medicine. http://medhum.med.nyu.edu. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ Kirklin, D (2003 Oct). "The Centre for Medical Humanities, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, England.". Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 78 (10): 1048–53. PMID 14534108.
[edit] External links
- Medical Humanities
- Medical Humanities (Blog)
- Journal of Medical Humanities
- Medicinae Humanistica (Blog)
- http://www.stfm.org/fmhub/fm2002/feb02/lame.pdf The Doctor: A Seminal Video for Cinemeducation by Matthew Alexander, PhD Family Medicine 2002
- http://johnwaits.typepad.com/tfmr_clinic_pearls/2010/04/cinemeducation-using-film-in-medical-education.html Cinemeducation
- http://www.dur.ac.uk/cmh/ Centre for Medical Humanities, Durham University
- http://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/groups/chh/ Centre for the Humanities and Health, King's College London
- http://www.meded.uci.edu/Medhum/index.html UC Irvine School of Medicine Medical Humanities and Arts
- http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/humanities/ University of Sydney Centre for Medical Humanities
- http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/Main?action=new Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database at NYU School of Medicine
- http://www.stonybrook.edu/bioethics/ Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University
- http://www.ea-journal.com/ Eä - Journal of Medical Humanities & Social Studies of Science and Technology
- http://www.ccdc.in/theatre-oppressed-medical-humanities : Centre for Community Dialogue and Change, Bengaluru, India : Theatre of the Oppressed in Medical Humanities Education
