Can Reading Tolstoy Make Us Better Physical Therapists? The Role of the Health Humanities in Physical Therapy

Sarah Blanton; Bruce H Greenfield; Gail M Jensen; Laura Lee Swisher; Nancy R Kirsch; Carol Davis; Ruth Purtilo

doi:10.1093/ptj/pzaa027

Can Reading Tolstoy Make Us Better Physical Therapists? The Role of the Health Humanities in Physical Therapy

Phys Ther. 2020 Jun 23;100(6):885-889. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzaa027.

Authors

Sarah Blanton¹, Bruce H Greenfield², Gail M Jensen³, Laura Lee Swisher⁴, Nancy R Kirsch⁵, Carol Davis⁶, Ruth Purtilo⁷

Affiliations

¹ Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 1441 Clifton Rd NE, Room 213, Atlanta, GA 30322 (USA).
² Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine.
³ Department of Physical Therapy, Center for Health Policy and Ethics, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.
⁴ School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
⁵ Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.
⁶ Department of Physical Therapy, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
⁷ Department of Ethics School of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and Department of Physical Therapy School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University.

PMID: 32128573
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/pzaa027

No abstract available

Keywords: Balance; Humanities; disability; education; ethics; health humanities; interdisciplinary; interprofessional education; medical humanities; professionalism; rehabilitation.

MeSH terms

Clinical Competence
Curriculum
Deception
Drama
Humanities / education*
Humans
Medicine in Literature
Periodicals as Topic
Physical Therapists / education*
Physical Therapy Specialty / education*
Stress, Psychological
Truth Disclosure