title: [Teaching humanities to the students of the medical faculties, reasons and why].
abstract: There are many reasons to include a programme of human sciences, literature and art in the undergraduate medical curriculum. In the present text, the implications of three reasons are described, namely the increasing demand of health by a rapidly changing society, the need for practising whole person medicine and for improving the doctor the rational and moral awareness of his/her clinical objectives. The possible ways of introducing humanities in the medical curriculum, some international experiences and the role of Medical faculites in interacting with other University disciplines are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Universita degli Studi la Sapienza, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Torsoli
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D006663:Historiography; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006809:Humanities; D007558:Italy; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history*; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Le ragioni per un insegnamento delle humanitites agli studenti delle facolta di medicina.