Philosophy, science, and medicine
That philosophy, as a tree, provides the foundation and force to all fields of knowledge.
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That philosophy, as a tree, provides the foundation and force to all fields of knowledge.
Philosophy can guide us to better healthcare.
Healthcare practitioners may read a patient's narrative in more than the medical literature.
How the current shape of healthcare can learn much from investigating Renaissance perspectives on the human condition, and the manner in which humanists describe this condition.
Medicine, morality, and suffering: what can experience teach us about medical objectivity? “There is no real difference between a warm, snug study and this ward,” said Andrey Yefimitch. “A man's peace and contentment do not lie outside a man, but in himself.” “What do you mean?” “The ordinary man looks for good and evil [...]
Contrasting the approaches in Eastern and Western medicine.
The arts of medicine: for those in the healing field, knowing their patients requires more than the natural sciences. From the article: "[T]oday’s medical curriculum teaches new doctors about culture and communication. It is no longer good enough – and probably never was – for a doctor to simply know the appropriate medication to prescribe or diagnostic test [...]
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the doctor from Edinburgh, teaches new doctors about the mind.
A call for integrative therapy, including the liberal arts
How hyperspectral cameras allow new secrets in old paintings to surface.