Petersen Alan, Bleakley Alan, Brömer Rainer, Marshall Rob
School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
J Med Humanit. 2008 Mar;29(1):1-4. doi: 10.1007/s10912-007-9044-y.
The medical humanities have been presented as a panacea for medical reductionism; a means for 'humanizing' medicine. However, there is a lack of consensus about the appropriate contributing disciplines and how curricula should be taught and assessed. This special issue critically examines the role of the medical humanities in medical education and their potential to serve, inadvertently or otherwise, as a tool of governance. The contributors, who include medical educators and medical practitioners, employ a range of perspectives for analysing the pertinent issues.
医学人文学科被视为解决医学还原论的万灵药；一种使医学“人性化”的手段。然而，对于合适的相关学科以及课程应如何教授和评估，目前尚无共识。本期特刊批判性地审视了医学人文学科在医学教育中的作用，以及它们有意无意地作为一种治理工具的潜力。撰稿人包括医学教育工作者和医学从业者，他们从一系列视角分析了相关问题。
