Medicine and the humanities

Health humanities

by Tischler, Victoria, Crawford, Paul, Brown, Brian, Baker, Charley, Abrams, Brian

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This is the first manifesto for health humanities worldwide. It sets out the context for this emergent and innovative field which extends beyond medical humanities to advance the inclusion and impact of the arts and humanities in healthcare, health and well-being.

Health humanities

by Tischler, Victoria, Crawford, Paul, Brown, Brian, Baker, Charley, Abrams, Brian

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"Health Humanities draws upon the multiple and expanding fields of enquiry that link health and social care disciplines with the arts and humanities. It aims to encourage innovation and novel cross-disciplinary explorations of how the arts and humanities can inform and transform…

The chief concern of medicine: the integration of the medical humanities and nar…

by Schleifer, Ronald, Vannatta, Seth, Vannatta, Jerry, Crow, Sheila

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Unlike any existing studies of the medical humanities, 'The Chief Concern of Medicine' brings to the examination of medical practices a thorough - and clearly articulated - exposition of the nature of narrative. The book builds on the work of linguistics, semiotics, narratology,…

Bodies in transition in the health humanities: representations of corporeality

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In recent years, the transitioning body has become the subject of increasing scholarly, medical, and political interest. This interdisciplinary collection seeks to enable productive dialogue about bodily transformation and its many potential meanings and possibilities. Recent hi…

Discourses of care: media practices and cultures

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"This critical anthology, featuring a joint authored critical introductory essay and 15 specially commissioned original essays, is the first edited collection to address the relationship between media (films, television documentaries and non-theatrical cinema) in relation to the…

Discourses of care: media practices and cultures

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"This critical anthology, featuring a joint authored critical introductory essay and 15 specially commissioned original essays, is the first edited collection to address the relationship between media (films, television documentaries and non-theatrical cinema) in relation to the…

Public expectations and physician's responsibilities: voices of medical humanities

by Crellin, J. K.

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Medical humanities draws on insights from ethics, the arts, social sciences, and patients' narratives. In his exploration of qualities expected of healthcare professionals and implications for medical education, Crellin (Health Sciences Centre, Memorial U.

Public expectations and physician's responsibilities: voices of medical humanities

by Crellin, J. K.

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The values held by physicians have changed in recent years and may not be in keeping with the needs of patients today. This book is for everyone who has concerns about the provision of healthcare -- physicians and other healthcare professionals and students, policy makers and sh…

Public expectations and physician's responsibilities: voices of medical humanities

by Crellin, J. K.

0 Type: Book

The values held by physicians have changed in recent years and may not be in keeping with the needs of patients today. This book is for everyone who has concerns about the provision of healthcare -- physicians and other healthcare professionals and students, policy makers and sh…

Trauma and Motherhood in Contemporary Literature and Culture

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"A smart, innovative, and robust collection that offers a unique and important contribution to Motherhood Studies in its emphasis on trauma [...] an important and emergent subfield of motherhood studies and one yet to be represented or developed through an edited collection." --…

Medical humanities, sociology and the suffering self: surviving health

by Lowe, Wendy, (Lecturerer in medical sociology)

fromRoutledge advances in medical humanities

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"Following criticisms of the traditionally polarized view of understanding suffering through either medicine or social justice, Lowe argues that medical humanities can help to go beyond the traditional biographical and epistemic breaks to see into the nature and properties of su…

Medical humanities, sociology and the suffering self: surviving health

by Lowe, Wendy, (Lecturerer in medical sociology)

fromRoutledge advances in medical humanities

0 Type: Book

"Following criticisms of the traditionally polarized view of understanding suffering through either medicine or social justice, Lowe argues that medical humanities can help to go beyond the traditional biographical and epistemic breaks to see into the nature and properties of su…