This article aims to engender discussion about the nature and future of medical humanities. First, a normative personal vision of medical humanities as an inclusive movement is outlined. Some of the ...

The forthcoming annual conference of the Association for Medical Humanities addresses the substantial topic “Medicine and the humanities: towards interdisciplinary practice”. The organisers envisage ...

1 Centre for Medical Humanities, School of Medicine and Health, Durham University, Durham, UK 2 School of Health Science, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, UK Correspondence to Professor H M Evans ...

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1 Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands 2 Department of Medical Humanities (Metamedica), VU University Medical Centre, ...

Departments of Sociology and Criminology, University of Toronto, and Centre for Addiction & Mental Health, Toronto, Canada Dr P G Erickson, Department of Social, Prevention and Policy Research, Centre ...

This manifesto seeks to challenge dominant narratives about the future of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Current predictions are mainly driven by technological ...

A growing minority of those with disabilities are people of color (POC), with, for example, autism diagnosis rates now higher for children of color than for white children in the USA. This trend ...

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We describe a humanities-based, special studies module (SSM) exploring the impact of cancer on the lives of patients, families and professionals. Literature, film, art and drama provide third year ...

There is increasing evidence for the efficacy of non-medical strategies to improve mental health and well-being. Get into Reading is a shared reading intervention which has demonstrable acceptability ...

The relationship between patients and their doctor is a fundamental concept—particularly within general practice. Many patients and general practitioners (GPs) have a ‘common-sense’ recognition of the ...