Bleakley, Alan

Medical humanities and medical education : how the medical humanities can shape better doctors / Alan Bleakley. - xii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Routledge advances in the medical humanities . - Routledge advances in the medical humanities. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-251) and index.

Where do the medical humanities come from and where are they going? -- What are the 'medical humanities' : definitions and controversies -- The distribution of the sensible -- Empathy and its discontents -- Towards a medical aesthetics : creativity and imagination in medical education -- Close noticing -- Can narrative medicine take the strain? -- Hyper-realism and the chemical regulation of mood -- Evaluating the impact of medical humanities provision.

9781138778689 (hardback)

2014038105


Education, Medical.
Humanities.

R737 / .B565 2015

610.71/1

W 18 / B646m 2015