From the Division of Medical Humanities Newsletter: In an interview with Point of Inquiry, Barron Lerner, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and population health at NYULMC, “paints a global picture …
Close Observation: Nursing & Writing
From the Division of Medical Humanities Newsletter: What is it like to be both a nurse and a writer, and how does one inform the other? The Bellevue Literary Review, …
Reflections of a Young Doctor
From the Division of Medical Humanities Newsletter: Does asking medical residents to participate in reflective writing exercises help them to better connect with patients? New York magazine highlights a study, …
Oliver Sacks – “My Periodic Table”
From the Division of Medical Humanities Newsletter: A moving essay from the great Oliver Sacks serves as a primer for embracing life, and science, even as the end approaches: “And …
Wherever You Go: Self-Representation and Williams Syndrome
Looking out over the dance floor at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon as other members of our group line danced with the crowd below, Mark told me “It’s good for us to get out into the community so that people know we exist.”
Cortney Davis – When the Nurse Becomes a Patient: A Story in Words and Images (Part II)
Part II of a dialogue between author and painter Cortney Davis and our Art Editor Laura Ferguson.
Cortney Davis – When the Nurse Becomes a Patient: A Story in Words and Images (Part I)
Part I of a dialogue between author and painter Cortney Davis and our Art Editor Laura Ferguson.
Thinking About the Body Through Visual Art
Readers of the Literature, Art & Medicine Blog may remember me as the first Artist in Residence at NYUSOM, or as the creator and teacher of Art & Anatomy in …
Q & A with Marc Straus
Question: Where is your work published? Answer: “A lot of places. Soon after I started having a lot of medical articles published, I tried to sort out what I thought …