Humanism and the Physician is an elaborate articulation of the idea of humanism and the idea of medicine, and the intrinsic relevance each has for the other. The book is a collection of thematically related essays taken from speeches and articles written during the last sixteen years, though most are quite recent. The essays are organized into three parts, delineating the relevance of humanism ...

PURPOSE Humanism is fundamental to excellent patient care and is therefore an essential concept for physicians to teach to learners. However, the factors that help attending physicians to maintain their own humanistic attitudes over time are not well understood. The authors attempted to identify attitudes and habits that highly humanistic physicians perceive allow them to sustain their humanist...

Humanism and the Physician is an elaborate articulation of the idea of humanism and the idea of medicine, and the intrinsic relevance each has for the other. The book is a collection of thematically related essays taken from speeches and articles written during the last sixteen years, though most are quite recent. The essays are organized into three parts, delineating the relevance of humanism ...

T HE most common view of the relation between humanism and science is that the two elements are antithetic. In my view humanism and science are complementary. And indeed, I believe that in the last analysis each includes the other which is not to say they are identical. But this antithetic view has a long and I suppose distinguished history dating back to virtually the very beginnings of modern...

Cet article avance l’idée selon laquelle l’humanisme schillérien doit se comprendre dans la tradition de l’anthropologie philosophique Karlschule. À partir d’un examen du kantisme Schiller et en s’intéressant aux concepts d’humanisme religieux, d’autonomie, providence, d’immanence transcendance, on vient à conclusion générale que fut un des premiers humanistes allemande affranchir l’éthique rel...

Caring and humanism in hospitals exist on both the organizational and the individual levels. This paper identifies key organizations and foundations that have succeeded in promoting or fostering caring environments in hospitals. These include the Picker Institute, the Baptist Healing Trust, Sage Consulting, and the Caritas Consortium. Exemplary, caring clinicians in hospitals are also described...

Ronald Dworkin and Philip Kitcher recognize that traditional, religious faith—especially in Christian theistic tradition—has virtues that seem to be missing in a secular worldview. To remedy this apparent deficit, they both propose that a secular worldview can provide a satisfying foundation for a flourishing, meaningful life. Moreover, Kitcher argues that secular humanism is far more justified...