Texas Week

Dec. 19, 2014 | Using literature to train doctors

Season 4 Episode 445 | 26m 46s  | Video has closed captioning.

For 15 years the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio has helped pioneer a movement toward using literature to train doctors, especially in areas of ethics and empathy. Hear from a San Antonio physician who has taught the medical school's course on "Medicine through Literature" for years. Also hear from the author of a book that is used in that course.