Commentary by P. Ravi Shankar, M.D., Department of Medical Education, KIST Medical College, Imadol, Lalitpur, Nepal In previous blog articles I looked at medical humanities teaching in Nepal, explored the …
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The Story As Chameleon: A Transformation
Commentary by Patricia Stanley, M.B.A., M.A., Guest Faculty, Program in Narrative Medicine, Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons; Clinical Coordinator, Masters in Narrative Medicine There is a short story, …
Is Medical Uncertainty Necessary?
Commentary by Caroline Wellbery, M.D., Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center; Associate Deputy Editor, American Family Physician Medical uncertainty is all around us In medicine we are …
Celebrating July 6
Commentary by Bert Hansen, Ph.D., Professor of History, Baruch College, The City University of New York. Author of Picturing Medical Progress from Pasteur to Polio: A History of Mass Media …
Locating Narrative In Medicine’s Moral Domain: Notes (Musical And Otherwise) From A Recent Presentation
In spite of working in the medical humanities for nearly 30 years I continue to struggle with explaining just what narrative is and how it permeates medicine’s moral domain.
Walking The Dog: Incorporating Poetry To Help Learners Connect With Relationship-Centered Care
Commentary by Johanna Shapiro, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Director, Program in Medical Humanities & Arts, University of California Irvine School of Medicine Theories of relationship-centered care The …
English As The Language Of Medical Humanities Learning In Nepal: Our Experiences
Commentary by P. Ravi Shankar, M.D. and Rano Mal Piryani, M.D., Department of Medical Education, KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal A previous blog (Shankar R., Medical Humanities: Sowing the Seeds …
Let The Living Teach Physicians About Healing
Commentary by Felice Aull, Ph.D., M.A.; Adjunct Associate Curator, New York University School of Medicine; Editor in Chief, Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database In a recent op-ed piece in the …
Nurturing Reflection and Humanistic Practice: Growing Humanities Programs at a Suburban Community Hospital
Commentary by Nancy Gross, MMH, MA, Palliative Care Community Liaison and Facilitator/Scholar of Humanities Programs, Overlook Hospital/Atlantic Health, Summit, New Jersey “The humanities are the hormones…to infect with the spirit of …