Knowra Medical humanities Medical humanities Medical humanities applies literature, history, philosophy, ethics, and the arts to medicine, health, and illness. It examines their human, cultural, historical, and ethical dimensions.
Narrative medicine : An approach to clinical practice and education that uses close attention to stories to understand illness and care. It translates literary attention to narrative into a method for clinical listening and reflection.
Medical anthropology : The study of health, illness, and healing through anthropological concepts and methods. It shows how culture and social conditions shape experiences of illness and medical care.
Medical College of Pennsylvania humanities program : A pioneering medical humanities program established at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in the 1960s. Its early curriculum helped establish humanities teaching as part of medical education.
Health humanities : An interdisciplinary field using humanities and arts to study health, illness, and care across society. It emphasizes health beyond clinical medicine, making the field's scope distinction clear.
Medical ethics : The study and practice of moral questions arising in medicine and healthcare. Humanistic inquiry helps frame disputes about care, consent, justice, and professional duties.
History of medicine : The study of medicine's development and practice across time. Historical analysis reveals how medical knowledge and institutions reflect their eras.
Edmund Pellegrino : An American physician, educator, and bioethicist who shaped modern medical ethics and medical education. His work advanced humanistic and ethical reflection within medical institutions.
Medical sociology : The study of social forces, institutions, and relationships affecting health and medicine. Its social-scientific methods differ from the interpretive emphasis common in medical humanities.
Graphic medicine : The use of comics and graphic narratives to represent health, illness, and healthcare. It brings visual storytelling into medical education and public understanding of illness.
Bioethics : The study of ethical questions raised by biology, medicine, and healthcare. It supplies frameworks for examining moral choices in clinical practice and biomedical research.
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