Humanism and the suffering of the people

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 195-202

  Mackay, Ian R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human health; Humanism; Life expectancy; Medical humanities

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CIRCULATION; DISEASE MARKER; ETHICS; HEALTH; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINE; MICROSCOPY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; VACCINATION;

EMOTIONS; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANISM; HUMANS;

EID: 0038354925     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2003.00369.x     Document Type: Review

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