Medicalisation of falling in love”

Medical students’ responses to Thomas Mann’s The Black Swan

Bibliographic Data

ID12692347
AuthorsAino‐Maija Lahtinen (University of Helsinki, corresponding author), Aino-Maija Lahtinen, Martina Torppa (University of Helsinki)
Year2007
Volume33
Issue1
Pages44-48
Publication date2007-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Humanities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-215X • E-ISSN: 1473-4265
PublisherBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/jmh.2006.000245
PMID23674300
OpenAlexW2055270526
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited14

The value of implementing literature in medical education is widely accepted. The initial responses of medical students to Thomas Mann's short story The Black Swan are described and their resources for making sense of the story are presented. Their written responses revealed that the students interpreted the story mainly through a medical framework and were capable of understanding the story's complex and existential issues related to medicine. Evident gaps in the students' interpretations and understanding are discussed and suggestions on using such kinds of intellectual texts in medical teaching are offered

Epistemology · Existentialism · Falling (accident · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Empathy and Medical Education · Film in Education and Therapy · Innovations in Medical Education · Philosophy · Psychology

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