PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Deborah Kirklin
AU  - Richard Meakin
AU  - Surinder Singh
AU  - Margaret Lloyd
TI  - Living with and dying from cancer: a humanities special study module
AID  - 10.1136/mh.26.1.51
DP  - 2000 Jun 01
TA  - Medical Humanities
PG  - 51--54
VI  - 26
IP  - 1
4099  - http://mh.bmj.com/content/26/1/51.short
4100  - http://mh.bmj.com/content/26/1/51.full
SO  - J Med Humanit2000 Jun 01; 26
AB  - We describe a humanities-based, special studies module (SSM) exploring the impact of cancer on the lives of patients, families and professionals. Literature, film, art and drama provide third year medical undergraduates with vicarious experience of all of these perspectives in a format that has proved highly acceptable to students and tutors. The development, delivery, evaluation and evolution of this humanities-based course are described and we highlight some important elements of course organisation that emerged as being integral to its success.