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Ayesha Ahmad: The Sky Surrendered Your Story, and I Held It
Between the doctor and the patient, there is a void; a chasm of the unknown, territories of wild terrain, fertile for a relationship to grow, to nurture and become a healing. The healing. The healing comes as an ending; a termination of the settlement of the pain identified by the bearer being recognised by the […]
St. Panteleimon: Patron Saint of Physicians
By Ayesha Ahmad A few weeks ago, in the city of Belgrade, I sat alongside some of the most eminent of ethicists in current biomedical debate, and discussed the morals of enhancing humans. In light of our scientific and technological development of the means to cause our own final destruction, for our survival, it was […]
Illness, Narrative, and Phenomenology
CALL FOR PAPERS AND WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT ILLNESS, NARRATIVE, AND PHENOMENOLOGY Tuesday 9 July 2013 Faculty of Arts & Institute for Advanced Studies University of Bristol Keynote speaker: Prof Brian Hurwitz (King’s College London) […]
Ayesha Ahmad: Review of ‘Able-Bodied – Scenes from a curious life’ by Professor Leslie Swartz
Having had the privilege to meet with Professor Swartz, I read his most recent book publication, ‘Able-Bodied – Scenes from a curious life’ with the jovial sounds of his uncanny ability to reflect on human nature and experiences in the background. I certainly found Professor Swartz’ presence evident in the somewhat apologetic way […]
Global Medical Humanities, Association for Medical Humanities Conference.
There has been continuous and vigorous debate about the theory and practice of medical humanities but only recently have questions been raised about the content and aims of the field in a global context. For example, in December 2011, Claire Hooker and Estelle Noonan published a paper entitled ‘Medical Humanities as Expressive of Western Culture’ […]
Ethics Under Cover: Comics, Medicine, and Society
Ethics Under Cover: Comics, Medicine and Society 5th-7th July 2013 Brighton and Sussex Medical School Brighton and Sussex Medical School in collaboration with Brighton and Sussex University Hospital Trust and Graphic Medicine invites papers for the fourth international conference on Comics and Medicine. Previous meetings have been held in London, Chicago and Toronto (more information atwww.graphicmedicine.org). […]
Ayesha Ahmad: Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine Competition
The Hippocrates Initiative began in 2009 as the Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine for an unpublished poem on a medical subject. The Hippocrates Initiative now also includes an annual international symposia at which the Hippocrates awards are presented, an international research forum for poetry and medicine and The Hippocrates Press. […]
Ayesha Ahmad: A Narrative Future for Healthcare Conference
Abstract Deadline: Sat., Jan. 5 Event Date: Wed., June 19 – Fri., June 21 Location: King’s College Guy’s Hospital Campus, London, England […]
Ayesha Ahmad: EVENT – Irish Eyes: Vision in Modern Irish Culture (03-04/12/12)
The Centre for the Humanities and Health at King’s College London invites you to a series of events to investigate the relationship between ‘Irishness,’ vision and medicine in modern Irish art and literature. […]