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Difference and Identity
. Ed(S): Metzl, Jonathan M.; Poirier, Suzanne
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Description for Difference and Identity
Paperback. The journal showcases the creative and critical work of renowned physician-writers, leading literary scholars, and medical humanists. Editor(s): Metzl, Jonathan M.; Poirier, Suzanne. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFFH; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
In an increasingly diverse society, it is essential that medicine be aware of matters of difference. Medical humanities programs promote awareness of the social aspects of medicine, and the Association of American Medical Colleges has recently instituted cultural competencies for clinical interaction for the training of medical students. Yet these efforts to impart understanding of the cross-cultural aspects of medicine are still hindered by a significant limitation: within a medical system whose currency is diagnosis, difference is primarily defined through disease. This special issue of Literature and Medicine focuses on difference and identity in the context of disease and ... Read more
In an increasingly diverse society, it is essential that medicine be aware of matters of difference. Medical humanities programs promote awareness of the social aspects of medicine, and the Association of American Medical Colleges has recently instituted cultural competencies for clinical interaction for the training of medical students. Yet these efforts to impart understanding of the cross-cultural aspects of medicine are still hindered by a significant limitation: within a medical system whose currency is diagnosis, difference is primarily defined through disease. This special issue of Literature and Medicine focuses on difference and identity in the context of disease and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801882050
SKU
V9780801882050
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99-35
About . Ed(S): Metzl, Jonathan M.; Poirier, Suzanne
Jonathan M. Metzl is an assistant professor of psychiatry and women's studies and director of the Culture, Health, and Medicine Program at the University of Michigan. Suzanne Poirier is a professor of literature and medical education and the director of Medical Humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.
Reviews for Difference and Identity
An eclectic collection that informs, raises issues and creates discussion in the medical humanities and across a range of sub-disciplines.
Julie Anderson Medical History 2006
Julie Anderson Medical History 2006