Rethinking Medical Humanities

Luca Chiapperino; Giovanni Boniolo

doi:10.1007/s10912-014-9269-5

Rethinking Medical Humanities

Luca Chiapperino, Giovanni Boniolo

Istituto Europeo di Oncologia

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This paper questions different conceptions of Medical Humanities in order to provide a clearer understanding of what they are and why they matter. Building upon former attempts, we defend a conception of Medical Humanities as a humanistic problem-based approach to medicine aiming at influencing its nature and practice. In particular, we discuss three main conceptual issues regarding the overall nature of this discipline: (i) a problem-driven approach to Medical Humanities; (ii) the need for an integration of Medical Humanities into medicine; (iii) the methodological requirements that could render Medical Humanities an effective framework for medical decision-making.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	377-387
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Medical Humanities
Volume	35
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-014-9269-5
Publication status	Published - Oct 19 2014

Keywords

Medical decision-making
Medical Humanities
Theories of medical deliberation
Triangular reflective equilibrium

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health Policy
Health(social science)

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