Stolt sees medicine as being both an art and a science. The problem lies in the divorce, the dichotomy or the chasm that separates the two parts. And herein lies a problem. The art part of medicine is neglected. Doctors are scientists.
Science encourages such qualities.
In humanistic medicine, the aim is to bridge the gap between medicine as an art and medicine as a science. The idea is to reconsider the whole approach. Patients are human beings with feelings. Until now, there are doctors who do not ask patients questions, do not talk to them to find out how they feel, let alone what they think. Stolt maintains that art and literature can teach doctors a lot.