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A return to humane medicine: Osler's legacy.

2017

Sir William Osler is celebrated today not only for his contributions to the advancement of medical education, but also for the humanism he brought to the practice of medicine. He was a doctor whose bedside skills and manners were emulated, and can legitimately be called an infectious diseases specialist. Nonetheless, he was also a humanist in the broader sense of the term, a student of human affairs and human nature, who emphasised compassion for the individual. To what extent, if any, are today's challenges influenced by departures from the paradigms created by Osler? In this paper we sought to ascertain whether such a tradition is still relevant to current practice and may foster a new pe…

OntarioInfectious Disease MedicinePhysician-Patient RelationsEducation MedicalHumanities Formazione medica Relazione medico-paziente Osler Empatia Medicina Interna Malattie infettiveAttitude of Health PersonnelHistory 19th CenturyHistory 20th CenturySettore MED/43 - MEDICINA LEGALEHumane Medicine Humanities Medical Education Patient-physician relationship Osler Empathy Internal Medicine Infectious diseasesUnited StatesSettore MED/02 - STORIA DELLA MEDICINAPhysiciansHumanismInternal MedicineOsler's legacyHumansHistory of MedicinePractice Patterns Physicians'Medicina umanaMedical Humanities
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Ripartire dall'uomo: il futuro delle Medical Humanities

2015

Medical humanities can be a useful approach to empower trust in the patient-physician relationship and to avoid a strongly biologized approach to medicine. Today we have to face a new challenge: letting Medical Humanities be not only a maid discipline, but a inter-disciplinary subject that will give a new shape to medical courses.

Settore MED/02 - Storia Della MedicinaMedical Humanities patient-physician relationship biomedicinestoria della medicinaSettore MED/43 - MEDICINA LEGALE
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