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Lester S. King, MD

JAMA. 1970;213(4):580-584.

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The word "humanism" has almost as many meanings as there are people who use it. As a historical term it has many fine shadings, important for understanding the past, while in the present it has distinct meanings in different categories—theology, philosophy, education. And within each of these are further shadings. To discuss humanism in medicine we must limit ourselves sharply.

In the realm of education the humanist would say that our medical teaching lays too much stress on science and not enough on a group of subjects loosely called the humanities. I will not try to define or even enumerate these but they have in common an emphasis on man as a person, as an individual who has ideals and values; who faces conflicts and disappointments; who experiences joys and fulfillment; who lives in a world of qualities and meanings, the rich real world portrayed in novels and poetry and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the American Medical Association, Chicago.

Footnotes
Read as the Samuel G. Dunn Lecture, Galveston, Tex, April 22, 1970.

Reprint requests to 535 N Dearborn St, Chicago 60610 (Dr. King).

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