MDHS 200 Introduction to Medical Humanities
Students will read selections of philosophical, literary, and theological writing which address major components of the fields contributing to medical humanities, which will include discussions of the following topics: medical humanities as a discipline, ethics, medical ethics, bioethics, clinical ethics, narrative, patient care, or religious care. Students explore crucial questions about health, well-being, medicine, and social inequality in the twenty-first century, with a particular focus on how narrative works in medical contexts. Upon completing the course, students will be able to articulate the nature and importance of medical humanities from the perspective of each of the topic areas listed above and apply narrative to a number of medical contexts.