Physician and bibliophile Sir William Osler, one of the four founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital said “It is as important to know the person who has the disease as it is to know the disease the person has.” Literature and Medicine is a national award-winning reading and discussion program for health care professionals facilitated in Maryland by Maryland Humanities. Dr. Moira P. Larsen, Chair of Pathology and Medical Director of Clinical Laboratories at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital and a long time participant, offers her observations about the program’s impact.
Literature and Medicine
