Learning in Medicine
- 27 September 1979
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 301 (13) , 690-694
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197909273011304
Abstract
"MEDICINE begins in philosophy; philosophy ends in medicine" is an aphorism attributed to Aristotle. I like its demand to connect our thinking as physicians with our thinking in other dimensions. I begin by asking the question: If medicine begins in philosophy, what is the philosophy? I do so in the belief that we stand in serious need of revised designs for medical education and that any such designs must be based on an answer to this question.I will develop the thesis that practicing medicine is a kind of problem solving. Physicians help their patients to face, define and solve . . .Keywords
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