Medicine & Literature

How can illness be understood and examined in literature, encouraging students of medicine and related disciplines to understand human suffering and to incorporate this knowledge into medical care

Modern developments in medical care, medical education and society point at a growing influence of the patient’s perspective. Patient reported outcomes, quality of life, and medical humanities are three examples of this development. In the Honours Class Medicine & Literature, we will explore the issue of how illness can be understood and examined in literature, encouraging students of medicine and related disciplines to understand human suffering and to incorporate this knowledge into medical care. Theoretical, methodological and applied issues in Medicine & Literature will be examined by studying books from major authors (e.g., Bernhard, Camus, Mann, Solzhenitsyn and Woolf). 
 

Programme:	15 January - 18 June 2010
Application:	15 November 2009
Language of instruction:	English
Contact:	Drs. M.M. Knijp - m.m.knijp@lumc.nl