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.
Commentaries of Interest
While we are working on the next blog commentary, check out a Lancet article by Jane Macnaughton, “The Dangerous Practice of Empathy,” a perspective on the art of medicine. Macnaughton …
Scarred For Life. Physically, Not So Much Mentally
Commentary by Ted Meyer, Los Angeles-based artist. Meyer’s work is on exhibit through June 15 in the Smilow Gallery at NYU School of Medicine. Free and open to the public. …
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 …
Here I Am and Nowhere Else: Portraits of Care by Mark Gilbert at the Intersection of Art and Medicine
Commentary by Virginia Aita, PhD, William Lydiatt, MD, Mark Gilbert, BA (artist), Hesse McGraw, MA and Mark Masuoka, MFA Introduction The exhibition “Here I Am and Nowhere Else: Portraits of …
Embodied/Disembodied
Commentary by Joyce Cutler-Shaw, artist; Artist in Residence, School of Medicine of the University of California San Diego History is story telling with images embedded in memory. The history of …
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 …