The Medical Humanities Review

A public voice cultivating empathy & critical thinking in health, culture & the arts

The Medical Humanities Review ➔

A public voice cultivating empathy & critical thinking in health, culture & the arts for a deeper understanding of the human experience.
AI: The Next Challenge for Bioethics with Prof Arthur Caplan
Podcast

AI: The Next Challenge for Bioethics with Prof Arthur Caplan

Explore how bioethics evolves to address the rapid integration of artificial intelligence in healthcare.

ByRussell Teagarden 11.09.26
The Machines Will See You Now 
Reflection

The Machines Will See You Now 

As AI moves into healthcare, can it replicate the healing virtues of empathy and compassion?

ByJack Coulehan 11.03.26
Dying for a Diagnosis 
Reflection

Dying for a Diagnosis 

What research can and cannot do for a song about waiting 

ByKieran Simkin 10.27.26
DNA is just a Molecule 
Book Review

DNA is just a Molecule 

Archeologist Anna Källén questions the role of a DNA in understanding the remote past.

ByJacalyn Duffin 10.22.26

In Focus ➔

In Focus ➔ Expect the Unexpected

This month we focus on the nexus of and interface between medicine and the humanities.

Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
Book ReviewFocus

Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green

A narrative exploring tuberculosis through history, inequality, medical progress, and global injustice.

ByJacalyn Duffin 04.13.26
Cold Eye, Warm Heart: Medicine and Anton Chekhov  
FocusNarrative

Cold Eye, Warm Heart: Medicine and Anton Chekhov  

A moving portrait of Anton Chekhov, whose dual life as physician and writer reveals the deep interplay between healing and storytelling.

ByJack Coulehan 08.06.25
Blood Feud: The Man Who Blew the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever by Kathleen Sharp 
Book ReviewFocus

Blood Feud: The Man Who Blew the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever by Kathleen Sharp 

A gripping account of pharmaceutical whistleblowing, corporate misconduct, and the deadly consequences of profit-driven medicine.

ByJacalyn Duffin 03.18.26
Craftivism is Activism
FocusReflection

Craftivism is Activism

From AIDS quilts to protest knitting, craftivism transforms domestic creativity into engaging tools for social activism.

ByJacalyn Duffin 03.23.26
Medhum Focus

Happenings ➔

Happenings ➔

Kramer/Fauci: What Gets Lost in the Bubbles 

Kramer/Fauci: What Gets Lost in the Bubbles 

A historic exchange, but an incomplete history (now thru 10/24 at St. Ann’s Warehouse, NY)

ByRudy Malcom 10.08.26

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Reviews ➔

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Further Adventures of the Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett 
Book Review

Further Adventures of the Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett 

A measles outbreak in the Ruggles family sends children to the isolation hospital and recuperation in the English…

ByGretl Lam 10.13.26
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood 
Book ReviewVideo

Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood 

A central theme of the novel is how people cope with the unpredictability of life.

ByHoward Trachtman 10.06.26
Even the Gods Cannot Save Odysseus from PTSD
Film ReviewVideo

Even the Gods Cannot Save Odysseus from PTSD

The story of The Odyssey is many things, not the least of which is a story of post-traumatic stress disorder. 

ByKit Neikirk 09.28.26
Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood 
Book Review

Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood 

Atwood’s retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest unfolds in an unlikely setting. 

ByJacalyn Duffin 09.23.26

Articles ➔

Articles ➔
Chronicity – The Third Fragment
Reflection

Chronicity – The Third Fragment

The constant-ness of a condition. What it means for something to be ever-changing and ever-present at the same…

ByJosé Luis Marín Aznárez 10.19.26
Aging as Destiny 
Reflection

Aging as Destiny 

A provocative novel about aging, mortality, agency, risk, and the uncertain bargains we make with destiny.

ByRussell Teagarden 09.12.26
Graphic Medicine: A Path for Understanding, Education, and Advocacy   
Reflection

Graphic Medicine: A Path for Understanding, Education, and Advocacy   

A visual form of storytelling comes into its own. 

ByNancy Novick 09.05.26
Illness Unfolds Before Your Eyes 
Reflection

Illness Unfolds Before Your Eyes 

A video game removes player control to simulate how the lived experience of illness disrupts time and space 

ByKit Neikirk 08.25.26

Interviews ➔

Interviews ➔
Rethinking Mental Illness: Interview with Dr. Gavin Francis
Practitioner InterviewVideo

Rethinking Mental Illness: Interview with Dr. Gavin Francis

In his chair at the clinic, Dr. Gavin Francis sees the mind as much less fragile than the…

ByRudy Malcom 07.14.26
Meet the Medhum Team: Dr. Tony Miksanek
Practitioner Interview

Meet the Medhum Team: Dr. Tony Miksanek

Writer, runner, and medical humanities advocate explores storytelling, trust, vulnerability, and the human side of care.

ByDave Hsu 06.26.26

Podcasts ➔

Podcasts ➔
AI: The Next Challenge for Bioethics with Prof Arthur Caplan
Podcast

AI: The Next Challenge for Bioethics with Prof Arthur Caplan

Explore how bioethics evolves to address the rapid integration of artificial intelligence in healthcare.

ByRussell Teagarden 11.09.26
Against Medical Nihilism Through Perseverance and Humility with Dr Ross Upshur
Podcast

Against Medical Nihilism Through Perseverance and Humility with Dr Ross Upshur

Medical nihilism questions medicine’s uncertainty, treatment breakthroughs, and how we make thoughtful health care decisions.

ByRussell Teagarden 09.22.26

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