Explores the philosophical and practical ethical implications of a definition of health as a
state that allows us to reach our goals. Definitions of health and disease are of more than …

The medical or health humanities are in essence a form of advocacy, a means of addressing
a problem of underrepresentation. They focus on suffering, rather than pathology, and on …

The pursuit of health has become a highly valued activity in modern and contemporary life,
commanding enormous resources and generating an expansive professionalization and …

Papers presented at a symposium on philosophy and medicine at the Institute for the
Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1974 were published in the …

RECENTLY, Ireturned FROM ADDRESSING A CONFER-ence in London, one that had been
convened to discuss issues relevant to what was called somewhat vaguely “the medical …

This paper questions different conceptions of Medical Humanities in order to provide a
clearer understanding of what they are and why they matter. Building upon former attempts …

With thorough coverage of inequality in health care access and practice, this leading
textbook has been widely acclaimed by teachers as the most accessible of any available. It …

The medical humanities have been presented as a panacea for medical reductionism; a
means for 'humanizing'medicine. However, there is a lack of consensus about the …

Med Humanities: first published as 10.1136/mh. 28.1. 1 on 1 June 2002. Downloaded from
some of the areas in which practical resources and intellectual inquiries interpenetrate …