Rethinking medical humanities.
This paper questions different conceptions of Medical Humanities in order to provide a clearer understanding of what they are and why they matter. Building upon former attempts, we defend a conception of Medical Humanities as a humanistic problem-based approach to medicine aiming at influencing its nature and practice. In particular, we discuss three main conceptual issues regarding the overall nature of this discipline: (i) a problem-driven approach to Medical Humanities; (ii) the need for an integration of Medical Humanities into medicine; (iii) the methodological requirements that could render Medical Humanities an effective framework for medical decision-making.
SEMM (European School of Molecular Medicine), IEO (European Institute of Oncology), Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, c/o Campus IFOM-IEO, Via Adamello 16, 20139, Milan, Italy, luca.chiapperino@ieo.eu.
Luca
L
Chiapperino
Giovanni
G
Boniolo
D003210:Concept Formation; D003657:Decision Making; D006809:Humanities; D006801:Humans; D055048:Integrative Medicine; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D011340:Problem Solving