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Humanism in medicine as the main premise for rethinking medical ethics education
Nalini, Annaswamy
Nalini, Annaswamy
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"The great humane physician William Osler remarked “The education of the heart- the moral side of man- must keep pace with the education of the head. Our fellow creatures can not be dealt with as man deals in corn and coal.”1 The most important premise for medical ethics education is the view of medicine as a humane enterprise, The medical profession enjoys the privileges of autonomy in practice and self- regulation in society. In return the society expects two fundamental attributes from the physicians- expertise in the scientific aspects of medicine and humanistic care. Unfortunately it is commonly observed now that the ‘human touch’ is not there in the practice of medicine. Samuel Le Baron2 remarked “W(w)e have lost a healthy and necessary balance in the learning and professing of medicine between knowledge(science) and wisdom(humanism)."
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2013
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