The story of The Odyssey is many things, not the least of which is a story of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Medical nihilism questions medicine’s uncertainty, treatment breakthroughs, and how we make thoughtful health care decisions.
Pompeii reminds us that mass casualties are a terrifying yet constant feature of human existence
A provocative novel about aging, mortality, agency, risk, and the uncertain bargains we make with destiny.
This month we focus on the nexus of and interface between medicine and the humanities.
A poignant documentary exploring how a young man with muscular dystrophy found profound connection and purpose in virtual worlds.
A narrative exploring tuberculosis through history, inequality, medical progress, and global injustice.
This essay examines how policy, culture, and power quietly claim women’s bodies worldwide.
John Barry’s The Great Influenza vividly recounts the 1918 pandemic’s medical, social, and political upheavals with novelistic precision.
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A compelling philosophical exploration argues that reasonableness, not mere rationality, is essential for human relationships and society.
Children’s literature offers a lens into public perception and experience of childhood infectious diseases as we face a resurgence of these same…
A visual form of storytelling comes into its own.
A video game removes player control to simulate how the lived experience of illness disrupts time and space
In his chair at the clinic, Dr. Gavin Francis sees the mind as much less fragile than the…
Writer, runner, and medical humanities advocate explores storytelling, trust, vulnerability, and the human side of care.
A nurse’s graphic memoir reveals the human stories, suffering, and compassion behind the AIDS crisis.
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