Inclusion of literature associated with the humanities in the education of health
professionals helps develop qualities important for practitioners such as “critical
abilities, flexibility of perspective, nondogmatism, discernment of values, and empathy
and self-knowledge.”
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The humanities provide an extensive body of information related to social awareness,
critical thinking, and communication, and also developing skills in complex thought,
analysis, synthesis, and problem solving.
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Published online: March 22, 2013
Available online 22 March 2013Footnotes
This article was written by Judy E. Perkin, DrPH, RD, CHES, and Judith C. Rodriguez, PhD, RD, LD/N, FADA, professors, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of North Florida, Jacksonville.
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