The meaning of medical humanities (Brandy Shillace, The Polyphony)
Thinking not only about the way medicine views the humanities, but vice-versa.
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10, 2018
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09, 2018
Dreams, yesterday and today
How dreams have affected our reasoning and reality, then and now.
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04, 2018
Do doctors need the humanities? (Chris Pope and Tim Rice, Wall Street Journal)
A claim that the costs of the humanities outweigh their benefits for doctors.
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02, 2018
Humanities in High School (Grace Huddleston, Rochester Post Bulletin)
What can high-school humanities provide in the age of STEM?
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06, 2017
The Worry-Fencer: the roots and restlessness of our present time.
Tracing the source of our restlessness, in dialogue.
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03, 2017
How the humanities heal: a doctor’s perspective (Audrey Shafer, Medscape)
A physician recalls not only her own past, but also the history of health care that involves the greater story about the human condition.
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02, 2017
Combining medical insights with ancient texts to understand past diseases
Combining medical insights with ancient texts to understand past diseases. Francesco Galassi, a paleopathographist, explains its promise: Palaeopathography is a unique opportunity for palaeopathology, since it allows the investigation of symptoms and signs of diseases, vital for medicine, yet unavailable when only studying ancient bones or mummies. This is especially viable with famous historical figures [...]
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02, 2017
Mountain shadows, mountain light
The balance needed for wholeness.
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02, 2017
Historians and health care (Emily Michelson, Times Higher Education)
Historians and health care: how the humanities can heal, body and soul. From the article: From my particular hospital bed, it seemed increasingly, blindingly clear how much humanities and sciences – in this case history and medicine – truly complemented each other. As Gretchen Busl wrote last year, training in the humanities teaches us “the language necessary [...]
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09, 2016
Healthy living from technology and modern science (Sarah Frier, Bloomberg)
Healthy living from technology and modern science: how the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative would change history within the next generation. “Can we work together to cure, prevent or manage all disease within our children’s lifetime?” Chan said Wednesday onstage at an event in San Francisco for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. “Mark and I believe that this is possible.” Chan, a [...]