We are delighted to publish this guest review by Isobel Elstob who visited the Beautiful Science Exhibition at the British Library for Medical Humanities. The exhibition is showing until 26 May 2014. Review of Beautiful Science: Picturing Data, Inspiring Insight Folio Society Gallery, British Library 20th February – 26th May, 2014 Isobel […]
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Review: “Contested Spaces: Abortion Clinics, Women’s Shelters and Hospitals.”
We have another great review today, of Lori A Brown’s book “Contested Spaces: Abortion Clinics, Women’s Shelters and Hospitals.” It’s by Sophie Jones of Birkbeck College, University of London, and considers aspects of architecture, landscape & design, and wider ideas about feminism and attitudes to women’s health in the USA. Looks like a fascinating area […]
“The One-Sex Body on Trial: the Classical and Early Modern Evidence” – a new review by Brandy Schillace
We are thrilled to be able to publish here a wonderful review by Brandy Schillace, of Helen King’s book “The One-Sex Body on Trial: the Early and Modern Evidence.” (Surrey: Ashgate Press 2014.) Thank you so much to Brandy for her contribution to the blog – I will very much look forward to other pieces from her […]
Guest Blog Post by Poet and Writer, Clare Best, Part 2: On Scars and Memories
Guest blog for BMJ Medical Humanities by Clare Best Recently I’ve been thinking about cutting/editing and scars/memories. In two linked pieces for the BMJ Medical Humanities blog, I take a look at my own relationship first with knives and cutting and then with scars and memories. Part two: Scars and memories If […]
Guest Post by Poet and Writer, Clare Best: On Cutting and Editing and Scars and Memories
Recently I’ve been thinking about cutting/editing and scars/memories. In two linked pieces for the BMJ Medical Humanities blog, I take a look at my own relationship first with knives and cutting and then with scars and memories. Part one: Knives and cutting Among my clearest memories of childhood are strong sensory […]
Stories behind closed doors: two films exploring group and drama therapy in prison
The applications of dramatic and theatrical interactions between individual therapists and patient groups were first introduced by Moreno as early as 1920. The term “psycho-drama or drama therapy” was later coined by Kellerman in 1992, and was described as an effective means of supporting individuals in high secure units such as prisons and mental institutions. […]
Dr Greg Neate: Film review – ‘The Man Whose Mind Exploded’
The Man Whose Mind Exploded Documentary film by Toby Amies Succulent Pictures This affectionate, unflinching gonzo documentary sees arts and travel presenter Toby Amies go further than his original Radio 4 programme from 2008 with the same title. (https://soundcloud.com/toby-amies/the-man-whose-mind-exploded). In doing so and by bringing to screen this portrait of an eccentric, extraordinary man who […]
Widening the Lens: Guest Post by Brandy Schillace
Widening the Lens | Medical Humanities Brandy Schillace Author, Historian and Adventurer at the Intersection (http://brandyschillace.com) Recently, I read and reviewed Identity and Difference: John Locke and the Invention of Consciousness by Etienne Balibar. One of the points brought up in the lengthy introduction by Stella Sanford is that the reception of the work […]
Sleeping with the Enemy: Arab Doctors Struggling with Personal and Professional Dilemmas
A review of “The Attack” and “The Last Man” showing at the “Discover Arab cinema”- British Film Institute- London 2014 “The Attack”, National Film Theatre (‘NFT’) London 23rd and 25th February 2014 “The Last Man”, NFT London 3rd and 8th March London is expanding its cinematic and cultural horizons and the British Film Institute (BFI) […]
The Wolf of Dallas: Money, Stigma and HIV – Guest Review by Shehzad Kunwar
A Review of “Dallas Buyers Club” (USA 2013, directed by Jean-Marc Vallee). Released in the UK on Friday 7th February 2014 Say hello to Ron Woodroof, a ‘typical’ Texan. He loves the rodeo. He wears a white t-shirt, boots, a large belt buckle and, of course, a classic Stetson hat. He is a […]