Medical Humanities in the Middle East
כנס מדעי הרוח הרפואיים בקטר, בנושאים:
- רפואה נרטיבית
- סוציולוגיה רפואית
- פילוסופיה של הרפואה
- אתיקה רפואית
- ספרות ורפואה
- היסטוריה של הרפואה
- ויוזמות נוספות הקושרות רפואה ומדעי הרוח
המתרחשות בצפון אפריקה והמזרח התיכון.
In order to develop more human-oriented physicians and to understand more fully the human dimension of disease, the emerging field of medical humanities is increasingly being integrated into medical education internationally. These interdisciplinary efforts attempt to address the sociological, economic, philosophical and ethical issues that doctors, patients, families and society at large must face which go beyond the more technical aspects of medicine such as diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutics. A growing evidence base indicates that humanistic approaches to healthcare improve patient outcomes, contribute to better compliance and better provider-patient relations, and reduce medical error and liability. In addition, Expressive Arts Therapies, such as Music, Art, Narrative, and Play Therapies, use the arts themselves as a healing practice. According to Rabie E. Abdel-Halim and Khaled M. AlKattan of Alfaisal and King Saud Universities in Riyadh, “it is very crucial to strike a harmonious balance between the two major branches of knowledge; namely, natural sciences and technology in one hand and social sciences and humanities in the other. The importance of striking a harmonious balance is increasingly…. read more
Please email a 350 word blinded abstract, 100 word biography and preferred mode of presentation to: Professor Alan S. Weber, Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar, alw2010@qatar-med.cornell.edu
qatar-weill.cornell.edu/event/medical-humanities-in-the-middle-east