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During his career, Dr. Ryan McCarthy has learned that by becoming a better listener, he can have more empathy and that having more empathy for his patients translates into healthier
Literature has had a large role in helping the author be a fierce advocate for changing the sociopolitical forces that affect patients’ lives.
While there is a long history of doctor-poets – one giant of mid-20th-century poetry, William Carlos Williams, was famously also a pediatrician – few people seem to know this or understand the power of combining the humanities and medicine. …
While medical school may teach students about how the body works, it often neglects the social, political and cultural factors that determine health and disease. The humanities can help.
While medical school may teach students about how the body works, it often neglects the social, political and cultural factors that determine health and disease. The humanities can help.