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Alan Bleakley - Medical Humanities and Medical Education: How the medical humanities can shape better doctors - 9781138243675 - V9781138243675
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Medical Humanities and Medical Education: How the medical humanities can shape better doctors

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Description for Medical Humanities and Medical Education: How the medical humanities can shape better doctors Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MBG; MBNH; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 428.

The field of the medical humanities is developing rapidly, however, there has also been parallel concern from sceptics that the value of medical humanities educational interventions should be open to scrutiny and evidence. Just what is the impact of medical humanities provision upon the education of medical students? In an era of limited resources, is such provision worth the investment? This innovative text addresses these pressing questions, describes the contemporary territory comprising the medical humanities in medical education, and explains how this field may be developed as a key medical education component for the future.

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Making sense of the new wave of medical humanities in medical education scholarship that calls for a ‘critical medical humanities’, Medical Humanities and Medical Education incorporates a range of case studies and illustrative and practical examples to aid integrating medical humanities into the medical curriculum. It will be important reading for medical educators and others working with the medical education community, and all those interested in the medical humanities.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138243675
SKU
V9781138243675
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Alan Bleakley
Alan Bleakley is Professor of Medical Humanities, Falmouth University, UK; Emeritus Professor of Medical Education and Medical Humanities, Plymouth University Peninsula School of Medicine; Visiting Scholar, the Wilson Centre, Toronto, Canada; and President, Association for Medical Humanities. His recent publications include Patient-Centred Medicine in Transition: The Heart of the Matter and Medicine, Health and the Arts: Approaches to the Medical ... Read more

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