How can literature help us understand illnesses? Combining close readings of fiction and hands-on meetings with doctors, therapists, authors, artists, and members of the ethical council and patient associations, this course explores narrative medicine as part of the new interdisciplinary field Medical Humanities. Gain insight into how literature can help us comprehend experiences of suffering and illness, approach the bioethical implications of treatment, and understand the complex relationship between patient and practitioner.
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This course would also be of interest to the following discipline(s):Ethics, Philosophy
