Children’s literature offers a lens into public perception and experience of childhood infectious diseases as we face a resurgence of these same illnesses today.
Love, Duty and Psychoanalysis in Third Reich Berlin
In his chair at the clinic, Dr. Gavin Francis sees the mind as much less fragile than the rhetoric in our culture suggests.
Arrowsmith (1925) marks a dramatic shift in the American imagination from viewing scientific doctors as monsters to viewing them as heroes.
This month we focus on the nexus of and interface between medicine and the humanities.
A country doctor grapples with guilt and class privilege after striking his drunken assistant in this tale of conscience and authority.
A powerful blend of memoir and critique, Amanda Hess examines pregnancy, technology, and parenting amid modern medicine’s promises and digital noise.
Forspoken blends role-playing, action, and open-world gameplay to tell a magical yet deeply human story about chronic trauma and healing.
Three poems explore cultural identity, family conflict, and the influence of media on class, belonging, and cross-cultural understanding.
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 ➔
A memoir traces grief, identity, and love through food, memory, and cultural inheritance.
How Tuner transforms disability into a cinematic superpower
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.
Writer, runner, and medical humanities advocate explores storytelling, trust, vulnerability, and the human side of care.
An interview with film director Sop about art and chronic illness
The Who’s Tommy is used to explore psychiatric trauma, with its iconic songs helping teach mental health concepts…
This podcast explores tuberculosis’ impact on opera, focusing on La Traviata and La Bohème, examining medical and cultural…
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