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[The importance of literature in medical humanities]
1Programa de Ciencias Sociosanitarias y Humanidades Médicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, España. bioetica_reproductiva@hotmail.com
Abstract:
This article emphasizes on the importance of including literature as a subject in the medical curriculum and particularly in the teaching of medical humanities. It underlines the importance of the physician-writer and the non-physician writer, who may become patients at the same time, justifying why to include this subject in teaching medicine. Finally, the article suggests four steps to create a course in this field: text selection, definition of the content, time of inclusion within the curriculum, and distancing as a methodological strategy.
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