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Reference added by Kym Weed to CHCI Medical Humanities Institute (University College London) | 5 Jun 2017

Singer S, Weed K, Edwell J, Jack J, Thrailkill J. Advancing Pre-Health Humanities as Intensive Research Practice: Principles and Recommendations from a Cross-Divisional Baccalaureate Setting, in Journal of Medical Humanities, 2017-6-1; Springer Nature DOI: 10.1007/s10912-017-9452-6

Reference added by Sarah Greene to CHCI Medical Humanities Institute (University College London) | 15 Mar 2017

Abdou R. Yes, I wear the Hijab. Yes, I am a Doctor., in Medical Humanities, 2017-2-23; BMJ DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2017-011219

Reference added by Sarah Greene to CHCI Medical Humanities Institute (University College London) | 14 Mar 2017

Mohd S, Senadjki A, Mansor N. Living Arrangements of Elderly: Evidence from Household Income Expenditure Survey, in Journal of Population Ageing, 2016-10-11; Springer Nature DOI: 10.1007/s12062-016-9165-z

Reference added by Sarah Greene to CHCI Medical Humanities Institute (University College London) | 22 Dec 2016

Hurwitz B. Literary doctors, in The Lancet, 2005-5; Elsevier BV DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(05)66495-1

Reference shared by Sarah Greene to CHCI Medical Humanities Institute (University College London) | 22 Dec 2016

Check this out.

Jones E. The Unbearable Burden of Culture: Sexual Violence, Women’s Power and Cultural Ethics in Nnedi Okorafor’s Who Fears Death, in Medicine and Ethics in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction, 2015; Springer Nature DOI: 10.1057/9781137514691_3

Reference shared by Sarah Greene to CHCI Medical Humanities Institute (University College London) | 15 Nov 2016

I think you should look at this.

Jones E. “I Mean to Survive”: Feminist Disability Theory and Womanist Survival Ethics in Octavia Butler’s Parables, in Medicine and Ethics in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction, 2015; Springer Nature DOI: 10.1057/9781137514691_5

Comment by Nils FIetje on CHCI Medical Humanities Institute (University College London) | 25 Jul 2016

WHO Public Health Panorama: Call for Papers on Culture and Health (Deadline, 29 September).

At the summer 2016 Summer Institute I mentioned to you all that the March 2017 issue of WHO Europe's Public Health Panorama journal would focus on Culture and Health. No doubt the topic will be very relevant to many medical humanities scholars. The journal is published bilingually, in Russian and English, and has excellent circulation among Ministries of Health across the 53 WHO European Region Member States. From the Cfp: Culture and health Experiences of health are strongly influenced by their cultural contexts. Culture influences health outcomes by affecting the choices that people make; the beliefs and attitudes of policy-makers, health care professionals and members of the public; and the ways in which health systems operate. Exploring CCH requires a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach, such as the one outlined in Health 2020. It means empowering people to find their own meanings of disease and health and creating more people-centred, culturally grounded health systems. A CCH approach also focuses on the role of culture in making communities resilient to health challenges, recognizing and engaging with culture as a potentially positive resource for well-being and exploring the extent to which case studies of cultural resilience can be translated elsewhere in the European Region. Last but not least, a CCH focus should also enable more holistic and nuanced health and well-being reporting that takes into account the subjective and diverse perspectives at the individual, community and national levels. The deadline for submission is 29 September. For guidelines and how to submit, please go to: http://www.euro.who.int/en/publications/public-health-panorama/calls-for-papers/march-2017-issue-deadline-for-submission-30-09-2016 Also, feel free to email me at fietjen@who.int. All best, Nils

Reply by Daniel Hall-Flavin on SOF-Heyman Center: At the end of our 2016 Medical Humanities ... | 12 Jul 2016

So sorry for the delay in posting this to the site; I have been in transit and just received my credentials to log in. Here are the comments from the conference: The Medical Humanities represent the work and presence of a community of scholars engaging in true interdisciplinary dialogue between those in classical humanities, ethicists, medical professionals, and translational researchers. The Medical Humanities and the study of ethics, however defined, offers us the best path forward in the quest for mercy and the ethical imperative to promote the advancement of medicine while resisting unbridled biological reductionism and the economic and social challenges that threaten to limit our role as caregivers. The role of the medical humanities and bioethics is political and practical, aesthetic and ethical. Its impact is intensely personal and pervasively public. Its strength draws on a foundation of keen observation and classic scholarship. Its study encourages hard won hubris season by personal humility and wisdom. It is a lifelong challenge to master the art of generous listening and informed critical thinking to help guide us into a future of the healing arts as a truly integrative and collaborative endeavor that is sustainable in the service of living deliberately. All the best. Dan Hall-Flavin

Comment by Emily Warner on Arabic Illness Narrative Presentation | 12 Jul 2016

Thank you Faten!

Reference added by Esther L. Jones to CHCI Medical Humanities Institute (University College London) | 12 Jul 2016

Jones, Esther. "Africana Women’s Science Fiction and Narrative Medicine: Difference, Ethics, and Empathy", 2015; Lexington Books