The quarantine of philosophy in medical education: Why teaching the humanities may not produce humane physicians
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
- Vol. 2 (1), 3-9
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1009936630946
Abstract
Patients increasingly see physicians not as humane caregivers but as unfeeling technicians. The study of philosophy in medical school has been proposed to foster critical thinking about one's...Keywords
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