Literature, Humanities, and the Internist
Authors: Henry Schneiderman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1995)

Editorials15 April 1995Literature, Humanities, and the InternistHenry Schneiderman, MD and Rosemaria Memoli Schneiderman, BSHenry Schneiderman, MDUniversity of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-3950Search for more papers by this author and Rosemaria Memoli Schneiderman, BSUniversity of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-3950Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-122-8-199504150-00011 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Literature can be intimidating to anybody, certainly to those of us whose backgrounds are largely scientific. But this need not be so. If we dredge our memories, most of us can recall a time, in youth if not since, when we greeted books and stories with anticipation. To do so again is to gain gratification, to participate more fully in the world, and to become a better internist.The essay by Charon and associates in this issue [1] discusses in considerable and illuminating detail both the formal study of literature in medical schools over the last 23 years and related ...References1. Charon R, Banks JT, Connelly JE, Hawkins AH, Hunter KM, Jones AH, et al. Literature and medicine: contributions to clinical practice. Ann Intern Med. 1995; 122:599-606. Google Scholar2. Verghese A. The internist's reading: one kind of ‘success.’ Ann Intern Med. 1994; 121:821-2. Google Scholar3. McIntyre VN. Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand. In: McIntyre VN. Fireflood and Other Stories. Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 1979:25-46. Google Scholar4. Singer IB. Neighbors (1969). In: Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux; 1982:592-9. Google Scholar5. Mitchell J. Mr. Hunter's grave. In: Mitchell J. The Bottom of the Harbour. London: Chatto & Windus; 1961:89-132. Google Scholar6. Aoun H. When a house officer gets AIDS. N Engl J Med. 1989; 321:693-6. Google Scholar7. Chekhov AP. Heartache. In: Yarmolinsky A, ed. The Portable Chekhov. New York: Viking Pr; 1986:118-25. Google Scholar8. Chekhov AP. Eleven Stories. London: Oxford Univ Pr; 1975. Google Scholar9. Williams WC. Jean Beicke. In: The Doctor Stories. New York: New Directions Paperbook; 1984:158-66. Google Scholar10. Devassy KS. The empty times. JAMA. 1989; 261:2699. Google Scholar11. Verghese A. The agent of his death is a white woman. The Black Warrior Review. 1991; 17:118-25. Google Scholar12. Kohn M, Donley C, Wear D, eds. Literature and Aging: An Anthology. Kent, Ohio: Kent State Univ Pr; 1992. Google Scholar13. Cole TR, Winkler MG, eds. The Oxford Book of Aging. New York: Oxford Univ Pr; 1994. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Henry Schneiderman, MD; Rosemaria Memoli Schneiderman, BSAffiliations: University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-3950Corresponding Author: Henry Schneiderman, MD, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-3950. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoThe Internist's Reading: Purposeful Eclecticism Janice L. Willms Literature and Medicine: Contributions to Clinical Practice Rita Charon , Joanne Trautmann Banks , Julia E. Connelly , Anne Hunsaker Hawkins , Kathryn Montgomery Hunter , Anne Hudson Jones , Martha Montello , and Suzanne Poirer Metrics Cited byStart making sense: Art informing health psychologySuffering, Science and SabotageHumanistic Qualities in End-of-Life Care: Lessons from The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death —Required Reading in an End-of-Life Care Curriculum for Internal Medicine ResidentsLiterature in the education of the doctorLiterature and Medicine: Contributions to Clinical PracticeJo Ann Middleton, PhD, Purnendu Sen, MD, and John R. Middleton, MD 15 April 1995Volume 122, Issue 8Page: 618-619KeywordsAdolescentsHabitsLibrariesMemory recallNursesPerception ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 15 April 1995 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1995 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...