MEDICINE AND ART: ENCOUNTERS, TRACES, CONNECTIONS. RIJEKA 2020 – EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE AS INSPIRATION

Tragajući za odgovorom je li medicina znanost ili umjetnost, osobito u današnje vrijeme isticanja biotehnoloških aspekata liječenja, intencija je ovog rada promišljati ishode susreta medicine i umjetnosti. Onih koji se prepoznaju barem u komplementarnosti metodologije, kreirajući dodatne životne vrijednosti. Prikazom autentičnih djelovanja poziv je ovo na dodatne intervencije oplemenjivanja zdravlja, ne dopuštajući pritom da se zaboravi na biopsihosocijalni pristup cjelovitosti čovjeka. Nadahnuće ovom prikazu bila je prestižna titula Europske prijestolnice kulture koju je dobio Grad Rijeka za 2020. godinu, grad koji je ujedno po mnogočemu i svojevrsna prijestolnica zdravstvene kulture.Searching for an answer whether medicine is a science or an art, especially in today’s time when the emphasis is on the biotechnological aspects of treatment, the intention of this paper is to reflect on the outcomes of the encounter of medicine and art. Those that are recognised at least in the complementarity of the methodology, creating additional life values. By presenting authentic actions, this is a call for additional health improvement interventions, without allowing the biopsychosocial approach to human integrity to be forgotten. The inspiration for this view was the prestigious title of the European Capital of Culture that the Town of Rijeka was awarded for the year 2020. This city is also a kind of capital of health culture in many ways