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IWe selected the theme for our conference - German Studies and the Health/Medical Humanities - to address recent developments in the field. Originally, the term "medical humanities" referred to the integration of the humanities in medical programmes with the aim of forging "humanist", i.e. ethically-minded, health and medical practitioners. Fiction in particular was thought to have the power to elicit empathy and improve doctor-patient relations. This one-directional approach, however, has shifted in recent years as the humanities have increasingly embraced insights from the disciplines of health and medical science and researchers in the humanities have begun to explore cultural representat...
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