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Should medical humanities be a multidisciplinary or an interdisciplinary study?

Medical HumanitiesPublished 1 June 2004Open access
H M Evans, Jane Macnaughton
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TL;DR

The forthcoming annual conference of the Association for Medical Humanities addresses the substantial topic “Medicine and the humanities: towards interdisciplinary practice”, and its objectives moreover are challenging.

Abstract

the substantial topic ''Medicine and the humanities: towards interdisciplinary practice''.The organisers envisage the following objectives for the conference:N to advance the debate about the practical benefits of medical humanities for clinical practice;N to focus on the interface between medicine, health care, and a range of humanities disciplines, and N to create a context in which profes- sionals from a variety of backgrounds can exchange ideas and experiences.

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Decision SciencesMedicine