Medical Humanities articles from June 2002

Medical Humanities archives from June 2002

'Medical humanities'--what's in a name? (Editorial).
June 1, 2002... The identity and the role of a new academic Association for Medical Humanities are examined What's in a name? The question has preoccupied both ancient philosophers and modern corporations, albeit for conspicuously different reasons....

Qu'un souffle de vent: an exploration of anorexia nervosa. (Original Article).
June 1, 2002... The spread of anorexia nervosa, especially in Western developed countries, is reaching alarming proportions. According to the International Classification of Diseases, the central feature of anorexia nervosa is "deliberate weight loss". This...

'He found me very well; for me, I was still feeling sick': the strange worlds of physicians and patients in the 18th and 21st centuries. (Original Article).
June 1, 2002... It is commonplace today to deplore the dissatisfaction of patients with the physician-patient relationship. Furthermore, historical investigation shows that this problem is not really new. We investigated an important source of Patients'...

Knock: a study in medical cynicism. (Original Article).(doctors in theater)(Critical Essay)
June 1, 2002... French literature has shown an enduring fascination with the social figure of the doctor. In Jules Romains' amusing play Knock (1922), and in its later film version (1951), the doctor as deceiver returns to centrestage with a flourish....

Medical facilities as moral worlds. (Original Article).(bioethics)
June 1, 2002... Bioethics is dominated by an emphasis on rule making and quandary solving. Teaching and research in ethics often focuses upon dramatic, controversial issues at the margins of life and death. Much less attention is given to the relationship...

Transplant: a non-fiction narrative. (Original Article).
June 1, 2002... This narrative is taken from a memoir about my son, Jesse, who died at age 19 in 1 995 after a liver transplant. It covers two periods--from May 5, his admission date at the hospital to wait for a transplant, until May 9, when a perforation,...

Two stories and an ode. (Opening the Word Hoard).
June 1, 2002... Literature can enable insight and understanding in both writer and reader. A reader has issues explained in memorable ways. I know that icebergs make a terrible racket grinding against each other because Coleridge has told me so: "The...

Medical humanities in undergraduate medical education--moving on. (Editorial).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... A national association would help to promote the value of medical humanities in medical education In his description of the development of the history of medicine's role in the undergraduate curriculum at the University of Birmingham...

The University of Birmingham medical school and the history of medicine. (Original Article).
June 1, 2002... The publication in 1993 by the General Medical Council of Tomorrow's Doctors --Recommendations on Undergraduate Medical Education provided the first real opportunity for many medical schools to advance the introduction of the history of...

Body image and the innocent eye. (Original Article).
June 1, 2002... This paper describes the development, content, teaching experience, and impact of the course "The body image in medicine and the arts" which is offered annually in a one-month format for medical students and other upper division students at...

Literary narrative in medical practice. (Original Article).
June 1, 2002... It is generally accepted that the practice of medicine could be improved by turning to the humanities in general, and to narrative and text interpretation in particular. Neverthless, there is hardly any agreement as to the nature of the...

Making room for medical humanities. (Original Article).
June 1, 2002... Should medical humanities become part of the core curriculum in medicine? This paper describes the experiences of one medical school that decided it should. The paper describes the professional and academic rationale for this decision, the...

Courses, content, and a student essay in medical humanities. (Original Article).(Critical Essay)
June 1, 2002... Two principled decisions underlay the introduction of the new compulsory medical humanities course. First, it was decided, all lecturers must be trained in the discipline; second, the course content must be relevant to medicine. This paper...

Escape or instruction? A description of a seminar for general practitioners on literature and medicine. (Original Article).
June 1, 2002... We describe the planning and running of a seminar an medicine and literature for general practitioners. This was based an the educational principles of adult learning. We used academic papers, an extract from a novel, a short story, and a...

What Are You Feeling Doctor? Identifying and Avoiding Defensive Patterns in the Consultation, Friends in Low Places, and Letters from the Clinic: Letter Writing in Clinical Practice for Mental Health Professionals. (Book Reviews).
June 1, 2002... What Are You Feeling Doctor? Identifying and Avoiding Defensive Patterns in the Consultation. J Salinsky, P Sackin. Radcliffe Medical Press, 2000, [pounds sterling]19.95, pp 174. ISBN 1 85775 407 Friends in Low Places J Willis....

Reflective Practice: Writing and Professional Development. (Book Reviews).
June 1, 2002... G Bolton. Paul Chapman Publishing Ltd, 2001, [pounds sterling]16.00, pp 219. ISBN 07619 6729 (PBK) During the last twenty years professional people have seen their autonomy being gradually eroded and the decision making process becoming...