Thomas R. Cole

Medical Humanities

An Introduction

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This textbook brings the humanities to students in order to evoke the humanity of students. It helps to form individuals who take charge of their own minds, who are free from narrow and unreflective forms of thought, and who act compassionately in their public and professional worlds. Using concepts and methods of the humanities, the book addresses undergraduate and premed students, medical students, and students in other health professions, as well as physicians and other healthcare practitioners. It encourages them to consider the ethical and existential issues related to the experience of disease, care of the dying, health policy, religion… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Carlin, Nathan S. / Carson, Ronald A. (University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston)

ISBN: 978-1-107-61417-8
EAN: 9781107614178
Produktnummer: 16836110
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 464 S.
Masse: H25.4 cm x B17.7 cm x D2.7 cm 811 g
Abbildungen: 20 Halftones, unspecified; 4 Line drawings, unspecified
Gewicht: 811

Über den Autor

Thomas R. Cole is the McGovern Chair in Medical Humanities and Director of the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. Dr Cole has published many articles and several books on the history of aging and humanistic gerontology. His book The Journey of Life: A Cultural History of Aging in America (1992) was nominated for a Pulitzer prize. His book No Color Is my Kind and accompanying film The Strange Demise of Jim Crow (1997) were nominated for a National Humanities medal. His work has been featured in the New York Times, on National Public Radio, Voice of America, PBS, and at the United Nations.