Section: Module 13: Lesson 1: The Future of Humanism in Medicine | Humanism in Health and Healthcare | NextGenU.org

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    • Revisit and describe the value of humanism for health and health care now and in the coming decades (in ways that now draw on all that you've learned in this course).
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      How clinicians integrate humanism in their clinical workplace—‘Just trying to put myself in their human being shoes’ URL
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      Please read the essay by Amanda Lee Roze des Ordons and colleagues. While in many ways it revisits themes from earlier in this course, it also pulls together a larger conception of what humanism is, and its relationship to healthcare and medical science. As you read it, pay particular attention to how the insights you've gained throughout this course foster a deeper understanding of the role of humanism for health and healthcare.

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      Humanism increasingly important in a changing health care landscape URL
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      Health and healthcare are constantly in flux, yet the humanistic aspects of health care practice are timeless. Please read the article by Richard Levin. Pay particular attention to his insights about how humanism is not only enduring with respect to contemporary shifts in health and health care, but in fact, more important than ever.

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