21W.746 Humanistic Perspectives on Medicine: From Ancient Greece to Modern America, Spring 2005
Highlights of this Course
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Course Description
This course is designed to explore the human side of medicine: the nature of the physician's identity and obligations; the history and philosophy of the Western medical tradition; the experience of being ill and being a patient; and the challenges of medical ethics. The writing in this class is therefore conceived as an instrument of exploration, and is an integral part of the class's activities.