Symposium – Beyond Empathy: Critical Perspectives on Medicine, Society and Culture

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March 24th, 2018

Location: Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106

2018 CLEVELAND HUMANITIES FESTIVAL: HEALTH

This day-long symposium will feature presentations on the vibrant field of medical humanities, addressing a variety of unsettled questions, such as: How can humanistic and social science disciplines take account of one another’s insights for the study of health and medicine? How should these fields best inform clinical practice? And what, ultimately, is medical humanities for? Participants will include faculty and students from the humanities and social sciences, the School of Medicine, and the Cleveland Clinic. The program will include a demonstration in the Cleveland Museum of Art on the critical study of visual arts to train medical students in the skill of clinical observation.