It is with much sadness that we report the death of Dr Sue Eckstein, the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Medical Humanities. Sue Eckstein was an outstanding appointment. Her commitment to, and expertise in, the health humanities meant that she was the perfect person to lead the journal and we were delighted when she agreed to become Editor. In […]
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Alam Anjum: Emotional Warfare: From Doctors to Patients
Whilst watching the film, “The Doctor”, released in the year 1991, I was struck by the same old question in my mind, whose answer I have been looking for several years that; to what extent does a doctor need to be attached or detached from their patients as persons? […]
From lecture halls to cinema screens: learning about the psyche through films
Last year, the round-up of medical humanities-related films at the London Film Festival (LFF) centred on the theme of old age. This year, to synchronise with Mental Health Day (which fell on 10th October 2013, the second of the twelve days of the LFF), the mind and its mishaps serve as our cluster-point. […]
Film Review: Abuse of Weakness, France 2013
The impact of stroke on the lives of patients and their carers seen in the French film “Amour” directed by Michael Haneke was an eye opener to audience around the world, and justifying the film winning the Oscar for the best foreign film in 2012. As stroke organisations around the world celebrate the “World Stroke […]
Event: Anatomy for Life
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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’ […]