Teaching Humanities to the Students of the Medical Faculties, Reasons and Why

Abstract

There are many reasons to include a programme of human sciences, literature and art in the undergraduate medical curriculum. In the present text, the implications of three reasons are described, namely the increasing demand of health by a rapidly changing society, the need for practising whole person medicine and for improving in the doctor the rational and moral awareness of his/her clinical objectives. The possible ways of introducing humanities in the medical curriculum, some international experiences and the role of Medical faculties in interacting with other University disciplines are discussed.