Key Concepts in Medical Humanities
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Description
This volume offers a critical introduction to the field of Medical Humanities, unpacking the discipline's key concepts and methodologies in a lively, analytical and accessible manner that will benefit students and researchers alike.
The book's chapters address the key concepts of 'Illness', 'Contagion', 'Patient', 'Feeling', 'Neurodiversity', 'Disability', 'Ageing', and 'Death and Dying'. They also focus on the key methodologies of 'Narrative Medicine', 'Graphic Medicine', 'Medicine and the Arts', 'Medicine in the Postcolony' and 'Black Health Humanities'.
Written by researchers and academics who teach Medical Humanities, each of the thirteen chapters is enriched by case studies to aid understanding. The book includes a wealth of suggestions for further reading and offers students and researchers from a variety of disciplines an essential overview of the most important work in the field.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Key Concepts
1. 'Illness', Jivitesh Vashist, University College Dublin, Ireland
2. 'Contagion', Andrew Blades, University of Bristol, UK
3. 'Patient', Kimberly Myers, Penn State College of Medicine, USA
4.'Feeling', Victoria Bates, University of Bristol, UK
5.'Neurodiversity', Abs Ashley, University of Bristol, UK and Robert Chapman, University of Durham, UK
6. 'Disability', Cleo Hanaway-Oakley, University of Bristol, UK
7.'Ageing', Maria Vaccarella, University of Bristol, UK
8.'Death and Dying', Havi Carel University of Bristol, UK
Part 2: Key Methodologies
9. 'Narrative Medicine', Ulrika Maude, University of Bristol, UK
10. 'Graphic Medicine', John Lee, University of Bristol, UK
11. 'Medicine and the Arts', Sofie Layton, Durham University, UK and Giovanni Biglino, Bristol Medical School, UK
12. 'Medicine in the Postcolony', Arthur Rose, University of Exeter, UK
13. 'Black Medical Humanities', Josie Gill, University of Bristol, UK and Amber Lascelles, University of London, UK
Product details
| Published | Feb 18 2027 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 9781350380783 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 12 illus bw |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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