Medical Humanities at the Intersection of Arts and Culture, (Paperback)

Medicine has never been solely a clinical endeavor, and recent global health crises and ethical challenges have renewed attention to its human dimensions. Understanding illness and care increasingly requires more than clinical data; it calls for the humanistic perspectives that literature, the arts, and culture bring to questions of suffering, identity, and meaning. This need has fueled growing interest in the medical humanities, an interdisciplinary field that uses artistic, literary, and cultural forms to deepen understanding of health, illness, healthcare, and the lived experiences of patients and practitioners. Beyond clinical settings, concepts of health and suffering are represented, interpreted, and reshaped through the arts, offering valuable opportunities to reimagine medicine as a deeply human endeavor. Medical Humanities at the Intersection of Arts and Culture advances medical humanities scholarship by examining the dynamic relationships among medicine, culture, and the human experience of illness. Bringing together perspectives from humanities, social sciences, and healthcare practice, this book explores how narrative, representation, and creative expression influence understandings of health, suffering, healing, and professional identity. Covering topics such as amnesia narratives, patient-doctor relationships, and social distancing, this book is a valuable resource for graduate and doctoral students, medical humanities scholars, healthcare professionals, arts-in-health practitioners, sociologists, researchers, and academics.

• Medical Humanities at the Intersection of Arts and Culture, (Paperback)
• Author: Lorena Clara Mihăeş
• ISBN: 9798337396644
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-10-02
• Page Count: 0