title: Sensitising doctors: a pedagogical approach to medical humanities.
abstract: The first part of this paper explores what we mean by the word 'sensitising' and presents an argument for conceiving of 'sensitising' in a way that respects the intellectual as well as the healing roles of medical practitioners, while taking the concept further as 'informed reflection'. It also makes a case for the importance of sensitising in medical 'praxis'. The second part of the paper describes an approach which is based partly on a module that has been taught in a medical programme.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Manipal Institute of Communication, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka 576 104 INDIA e-mail: dhanwanti.nayak@manipal.edu.
authors.forename: Dhanwanti
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nayak
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000941:ethics; D004501:Education, Medical; D004645:Empathy; D004992:Ethics, Medical / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*