title: Teaching The death of Ivan Ilyich: a guide to introducing Tolstoy's classic.
abstract: Masterpieces of literature can bring us deeply into our experiences as patients and physicians, revealing otherwise obscure or hidden truths. Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich is such a work of art. This article presents an approach to teaching this novella in a seminar format.
authors: Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas, USA. gbrungardt@hynesmemorial.org
authors: Gerard
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authors: Brungardt
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008091:Literature; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013663:Teaching; D019452:Terminally Ill