Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
clinical practice, medicine, patient needs
College
Humanities
Department
English
Abstract
In response to growing criticism that young doctors were insensitive to patient needs, many medical schools have now turned to literary studies to expose medical students to the thought processes necessary for evaluating and appreciating what it means to be a patient. For my research project I proposed 1) to determine the specific contributions of literary study to medicine consistently cited by pioneers in the field of medical humanities and 2) to provide a thoughtful analysis of the writings of Dr. William Carlos Williams and Dr. Richard Selzer in order to detect manifestations of these specific contributions in the clinical practices of these two physicians.
Recommended Citation
Peterson, Tory Rob and Siegfried, Dr. Brandie
(2013)
"THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LITERARY STUDY TO THE CLINICAL PRACTICE OF MEDICINE,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 716.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/716