Description
| Product ID: | 9780815374619 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Routledge Handbook of the Medical Humanities |
| Authors: | Author: Bleakley Alan |
| Page Count: | 444 |
| Subjects: | Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Personal and public health / health education, Medical sociology, Medical study and revision guides and reference material, Personal & public health, Medical sociology, Medical study & revision guides & reference material |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This Handbook offers a cutting-edge overview of the state of the medical humanities globally, showing how clinically-oriented medical humanities, the critical study of medicine as a global historical and cultural phenomenon, and medicine as a force for cultural change can intersect and inform each other. This authoritative new handbook offers a comprehensive and cutting-edge overview of the state of the medical humanities globally, showing how clinically oriented medical humanities, the critical study of medicine as a global historical and cultural phenomenon, and medicine as a force for cultural change can inform each other. Composed of eight parts, the Routledge Handbook of the Medical Humanities looks at the medical humanities as:
This book describes how the medical humanities can be used in and out of clinical settings, acting as a point of resistance, redistributing medicine’s capital amongst its stakeholders, embracing the complexity of medical instances, shaping medical education, promoting interdisciplinary understandings and recognising an identity for the medical humanities as a network effect. This book is an essential read for all students, scholars and practitioners with an interest in the medical humanities. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-08-19 |
