Medical humanities and the on-going search for reliability, authenticity and humility

[...]they argue that the current emphasis on Western cultural artefacts, and Western concepts such patient and experience, "may unwittingly contribute to the marginalisation of some patients and healthcare workers". [...]they argue, in seeking to raise awareness of cultural differences by means of the canon, medical humanities teachers are in danger of reinforcing unhelpful perceptions of Otherness. 3 Paul Macneill raises similar concerns about whether medical humanities actually does what it says on the box.