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Med Humanities 2001;27:50 doi:10.1136/mh.27.1.50
  • Editorial

Education and debate: Developing the place of medical humanities in medical education from school to the consulting room

  1. Richard Meakin
  1. Royal Free and University College Medical School, London

      In this issue's Education and debate section Evans and Greaves describe two educational developments in medical humanities. These initiatives appear to raise two important issues in the context of developing the humanities in medical education.

      Evans and Greaves describe their master's programme as being “philosophy looking at humanities disciplines looking at medicine”. This acknowledgement of the scope of their programme relates to their acceptance of the limits of their expertise and a respect for the complexities of the other humanities disciplines. There appears to be an important pointer here for those …

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