Critical Dialogues in the Medical Humanities (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781527534636)

This volume illustrates ongoing discussions in and about the medical humanities with studies on different approaches to the relationship between medical science and practice and the humanities, including reflections based on fiction, art, history, socio-economic and political concerns, architecture and natural landscapes. The book explores the ways in which healthcare and medical practice can be positively influenced by removing the focus from the technical knowledge of the medical practitioner. It offers innovative perspectives on spaces for healing, traces attitudes and beliefs in relation to illnesses and their treatment throughout history (including intimations of the future), and interrogates cultural attitudes to illness, doctoring and patients through the lens of fiction. Based on the premise that more interdisciplinary work between medical and non-medical professionals is needed, the chapters contained in this volume contribute to an ongoing dialogue between medicine and the humanities that continues to enrich both disciplines.

Author: Domã-Nguez-Ruã(c) Emma
ISBN-10: 1527534634
ISBN-13: 9781527534636
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2019
Pages: 241
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.90w x 0.70d