Teaching The death of Ivan Ilyich: a guide to introducing Tolstoy's classic.
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.
Brungardt
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Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas, USA. gbrungardt@hynesmemorial.org
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