Abstract
The essential question of the relationship between consciousness and matter is ignored in medical school curricula, leading to a machine-like view of the human being that contributes to physician burnout and intellectual dissatisfaction. The evidence suggesting that the brain may not be the seat of consciousness is generally ignored to preserve the worldview of the primacy of matter. By investigating new frameworks detailing the nature of consciousness at different levels of hierarchy, we can bring intellectual rigor to a once opaque subject that supports a fundamental reality about our experience: We are human beings, not only human bodies.
DOI
10.18297/jwellness/vol3/iss2/3
Recommended Citation
Kumar, Anoop
(2021)
"Medical Schools Ignore the Nature of Consciousness at Great Cost,"
Journal of Wellness: Vol. 3
:
Iss.
2
, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18297/jwellness/vol3/iss2/3
Available at:
https://ir.library.louisville.edu/jwellness/vol3/iss2/3
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