โIn Praise of Hypochondriaโ by Miles Little and Claire Hooker
We have been discussing the role of the humanities in medical education, and the need to account for what one of us calls โmedical paranoiaโ. By this we mean the tendency that medical students (and...
View ArticleBelieving Without Seeing
Esref Armagan was born blind in Ankara, Turkey. He has now become a famous artist due to his sheer talent and also due to certain significant and unusual reasons. His art displays the colour,...
View ArticleWhose autonomy is it anyway? Drawing back the curtain
A few weeks ago our first year students were thinking about patient confidentiality and it was my task to facilitate the process. The group I was with were from diverse cultural backgrounds and from...
View ArticleThe Landscape of Lesotho
Lesotho is one of the highest countries and is entirely landlocked by South Africa. 40% of Lesothoโs population survives on less than $1.25 a day. In centuries gone by, the people of Lesotho were...
View ArticleMemories
Memories This piece is a reflection on an article from the New York Times this week. The story is told about a large family from Colombia, and their many relatives who have developed early onset...
View ArticleFasting: Unto Life and Until Death
The month of Ramadan is drawing to a close. During this time, Muslims from every terrain, from the hottest countries, to the most Westernised societies, have been involved in a shared yet equally an...
View ArticleHearing Voices
Perhaps, one form of illness where telling a story of the body is most evident is in respect to mental health. Yesterdayโs ruling by the High Courtโs Court of Protection, that a 69 year old lady with...
View ArticleStories of the Land
Having recently visited some of the most modern hospitals in the world, I have been struck by the style of their architecture. There seems to be a changing face of medicine, whereby the expressions of...
View Article2011 International Symposium on Poetry and Medicine
I recently attended the 2nd Annual Hippocrates Poetry and Medicine Symposium, which was held at Warwick Medical School and hosted by Professor Donald Singer and Associate Professor Michael Hulse....
View ArticleMASK:MIRROR:MEMBRANE-A Deborah Padfield Exhibition, London 6-16th July 2011
Hereโs one for your diary,ย an exhibition of images byย Deborah Padfield, in collaboration withย patients & clinicians atย University College London Hospitalsย NHS Foundation Trust, entitledย Can you see...
View ArticleWidening the Lens: Guest Post by Brandy Schillace
Widening the Lens | Medical Humanities Brandy Schillace Author, Historian and Adventurer at the Intersection (http://brandyschillace.com) ย Recently, I read and reviewed Identity and Difference: John...
View ArticleThe Anthropology of Emory and Ebola: Emory Healthcare Thinks Outside of its...
ย ย Two days after Halloween, I met with Dr. Bill Bornstein, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality Officer at Emory Healthcare. ย I am a cultural anthropologist who has been conducting field work at...
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