Teaching Literature and Medicine (Options for Teaching)

Scholars from both fields offer instructors general guidelines and specific resources for designing and teaching courses on medicine in literature, which are becoming widespread in undergraduate curricula, medical schools, and continuing-education programs throughout the US and Canada. They consider a variety of approaches; model courses; specific texts, authors, and genres; popular readings; the values of texts in medical education and practice; and bibliographic resources. There is no subject index. Paper edition (unseen), $22.00. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Courses in literature and medicine flourish in undergraduate, medical school, and continuing-education programs throughout the United States and Canada. This volume presents a variety of approaches to the subject. It is intended both for literary scholars and for physicians who teach literature and medicine or who are interested in interdisciplinary study.