Here at MH blog, we plan to host some of the corresponding blog posts and activities occurring during HEW. The #medicalhumanities and #healthhumanities promote social justice issues, and so also global health and outreach. Humanitarian relief, in the form of medicine and basic needs, naturally aligns with our attempts to engage culturally and to reach […]
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Suffering in “Fiennes” Style
By Dr Khalid Ali, film and Media correspondent Caution: review contains plot spoilers It is fair to call actor, producer and director Ralph Fiennes a ‘British National Treasure’. He first made his name playing several Shakespearean characters at the Royal National Theatre. After phenomenal success on stage, he took the role of ‘Amon Goth’, the […]
Humanitarian Aid Week, Nov 21
Today’s promoted HEW posts feature work on focusing relief efforts around need, and for assessment and research in the face of humanitarian crises. Learn more about Evidence Aid and Humanitarian Aid Week here. Webinar: Evidence reviews and field data collection to strengthen disaster preparedness and response at the Red Cross. This webinar will run from […]
Humanitarian Evidence Week, Nov 20
Today’s promoted HEW posts feature work on focusing relief efforts around need, and for assessment and research in the face of humanitarian crises. Learn more about Evidence Aid and Humanitarian Aid Week here. Blog: “Because rolling dice, asking for divine intervention and taking wild stabs at the problem don’t work”: The use of evidence in […]
Humanitarian Evidence Week, Nov 19
We continue our promotion of Humanitarian Evidence Week with a selection of blog texts, and a reminder about the webinar. Blog: Clinical evidence from humanitarian settings: The case report and its importance Written by Marta Balinska, MSF Switzerland, Joanna Ventikos, Oxford University Press and Iveta Simera, Global Health Network. Clinical case reports – or descriptions […]
Humanitarian Evidence Week! Nov 19-25
We at MEDICAL HUMANITIES welcome our readers to take part in Humanitarian Evidence Week 2018. What is Humanitarian Evidence Aid? Evidence Aid was established as a charity in 2015. When disaster strikes, from fire to epidemics to famine, the difficulty isn’t just providing aid, it’s knowing how to provide aid effectively. It does no good […]
It’s a women’s film world
By Khalid Ali, film and media correspondent In its 40th edition, the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), 20-29 November 2018 (https://www.ciff.org.eg/), pays special tribute to nine outstanding Arab women directors. A distinguishing feature shared by these directors is that they tell stories which are deeply rooted in their respective cultures, but still manage to connect […]
When Horizons Intersect: Reflections on Collaborative, Patient-Centred Care
by Austin Lam While ‘patient-centred care’ is an often used phrase, the question bears asking: what underlies such a broad concept? As a medical student with a background in philosophy, I have endeavoured to integrate my journey in medicine with a philosophical sensibility. Part of that has led me to reflect on the meaning of […]
Supple Bodies, Healthy Minds: Yoga, Psychedelics and American Mental Health
In “Supple Bodies, Healthy Minds: Yoga, Psychedelics and American Mental Health,” Lucas Richert and Matthew DeCloedt chart the entanglement of yoga and psychedelics in America during the first three quarters of the twentieth century, paying special attention to the countercultural 1960s, when the two became widely popular amongst a generation of primarily middle class, white […]
Paradigm Shift? Purity, Progress and the Origins of First-Episode Psychosis
In “Paradigm Shift? Purity, Progress and the Origins of First-Episode Psychosis,” Suze G. Berkhout examines images, concepts and metaphors in the medical literature on early intervention into first-episode psychosis (FEP) to understand how its embeds notions of purity and progress, and how the origins of the category is coeval with the development of new anti-psychotic […]