A video game removes player control to simulate how the lived experience of illness disrupts time and space
Inside a Cave, Coming to Grips with the Mystery of Consciousness
During the clinic visit, the patient map unfurls, their hands leaving little clues.
New books highlighting illness poetry, the toll on compassion extracted during medical training, and the emotional burden of illness on family members
This month we focus on the nexus of and interface between medicine and the humanities.
Three poems explore cultural identity, family conflict, and the influence of media on class, belonging, and cross-cultural understanding.
Heidi J. Larson explores the cultural, moral, and social roots of vaccine hesitancy before the Covid pandemic.
Chekhov’s tragic tale of love, betrayal, and regret, where a devoted doctor’s sacrifice exposes life’s cruel ironies.
Forspoken blends role-playing, action, and open-world gameplay to tell a magical yet deeply human story about chronic trauma and healing.
A Call for Submissions: We invite you to share your work or propose a topic. Your ideas can help us explore the issues that matter most in medical humanities ➔
Children’s literature offers a lens into public perception and experience of childhood infectious diseases as we face a resurgence of these same…
Edvard Munch transformed personal family tragedies into haunting paintings that reveal illness, grief, isolation, and enduring emotional suffering.
A watchful partner, a curse, a part of everything all at once, in sickness and in health.
Two unknown stories from the past forewarn of problems in health care ahead.
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.
Using Pink Floyd’s The Wall, this episode explores psychiatric diagnosis through music, film, trauma, and medical education.
This podcast explores tuberculosis’ impact on opera, focusing on La Traviata and La Bohème, examining medical and cultural…
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