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Medical humanities is a field of study and teaching in medicine that includes the humanities (comparative literature, ethics, history, philosophy, and religion), social science (anthropology, cultural studies, health geography, psychology, sociology), and the arts (film, literature, theater, and visual arts) and their application to medical education and practice. Although it is an interdisciplinary field that is particularly important for medical education, it is related to the idea that medicine is an art—not merely a science.
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ten Have, H., Patrão Neves, M. (2021). Medical Humanities. In: Dictionary of Global Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54161-3_348
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