Death, Dying, Culture and Compassion: the museum as reflective space for doctors-intraining

2024/11/20 by Harris, Jim, Moyse, Ashley, Hadley, Gina +6
#- #the art of observation

paper · doi:10.13135/1971-8551/11317

Abstract

Since 2017, a principal focus of collaborative work between the Ashmolean Museum and the Medical Sciences Division of the University of Oxford has been helping to define a place for the humanities in the teaching of medical professionalism — what it means to be a doctor and how to be a better one. In this arena, the role of the Museum has been to enable consideration of issues around death, dying, and end-of-life care.

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