Humanistic Perspectives on Medicine: From Ancient Greece to Modern America
As taught in: Spring 2005
Board of Health examination of applicant for working papers to see that he is physically able to work, 1913. (Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [reproduction number, LC-USZ62-62799 (b&w film copy negative)].)
Instructors:
Prof. Anthony Lioi
MIT Course Number:
21W.746
Level:
Undergraduate
Course Description
This course is designed to explore the human side of medicine: the nature of the physician's identity and obligations; the history and philosophy of the Western medical tradition; the experience of being ill and being a patient; and the challenges of medical ethics. The writing in this class is therefore conceived as an instrument of exploration, and is an integral part of the class's activities.
