Teaching literature and medicine
By: edited by Anne Hunsaker Hawkins, Marilyn Chandler McEntyre.
Contributors: Hawkins, Anne Hunsaker, 1944-; McEntyre, Marilyn Chandler, 1949-
Series: Options for teaching
Publisher: Modern Language Association
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
Subjects: Literature and medicine.; Literature -- Study and teaching.; Medicine -- Study and teaching.; Medicine in literature.
Description: This volume presents a variety of approaches to teaching courses in literature and medicine. The thirty-four essays describe model courses; deal with specific texts, authors and genres; list readings widely taught in literature and medicine courses; discuss the value of texts in both medical education and the practice of medicine; and provide bibliographical resources, including works in the history of medicine from classical antiquity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-383) and index.