There is a large and growing body of evidence on the health benefits of engagement in
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There is a growing need for a new kind of debate at the intersection of the humanities and
healthcare, health and well-being. In the recent past the field of medical humanities has …

Original critical engagements at the intersection of the biomedical sciences, arts, humanities
and social sciencesIn this landmark Companion, expert contributors from around the world …

This article suggests that some illness experience may require a reading practice less
concerned with narrative coherence or self-authorship, and more interested in the value of …

Illness narratives have become a cultural phenomenon in the Western world. In what ways
can they be seen to have aesthetic, ethical and political value? What do they reveal about …

The aim of this article is to explore the ways in which the engagement with Greek tragedy
may contribute fruitfully to the unfolding of empathy in medical students and practitioners. To …

Reconsidering Dementia Narratives explores the role of narrative in developing new ways of
understanding, interacting with, and caring for people with dementia. It asks how the stories …

" Medicine and Empathy in Contemporary British Fiction takes issue with the understanding
of empathy as something that one has. Drawing on phenomenology and feminist affect …

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Transplantation Gothic is a shadow cultural history of transplantation, as mediated through
medical writing, science fiction, life writing and visual arts in a Gothic mode, from the …