A Lens on Human Experience

Cultivating empathy u0026amp; critical thinking in health, culture u0026amp; the arts

A Lens on Human Experience ➔

Cultivating empathy u0026amp; critical thinking in health, culture u0026amp; the arts
Eat Your Ice Cream 

Eat Your Ice Cream 

A pragmatic guide to longevity that favors balance, evidence, and meaningful human connection.

Stories of Illness, Stories of Loss  

Stories of Illness, Stories of Loss  

An essay linking Holocaust memory books to the art of medical history-taking and illness narratives.

Biblioscopy: A Glimpse of New and Upcoming Books 

Biblioscopy: A Glimpse of New and Upcoming Books 

New books probe illness, injury, empathy, burnout, and medicine’s fragile yet enduring human limits.

I Watched You Disappear by Anya Krugovoy Silver

I Watched You Disappear by Anya Krugovoy Silver

A poetry collection exploring illness, loss, memory, and hope through intimate reflections on life and family.

In Focus 2025.10 ➔

In Focus: Infectious Disese ➔

As Winter approaches we revisit three works with a focus on u003cstrongu003einfectious diseaseu003c/strongu003e, its human cost as well as its prevention.
Holes and Lobotomies: Seeing and Feeling Migraine

Holes and Lobotomies: Seeing and Feeling Migraine

Exploring literary depictions of migraines enriches understanding of their impact, highlighting personal experiences and…

When the Bolt Touches Flesh: Living with Epileptic Seizures

When the Bolt Touches Flesh: Living with Epileptic Seizures

Exploring seizures through literature and film reveals their profound impact on individuals, enhancing understanding…

Sweet Sand of Time: James Dickey’s poem Diabetes with Dr. Jack Coulehan

Sweet Sand of Time: James Dickey’s poem Diabetes with Dr. Jack Coulehan

Poetry enriches the understanding of type 2 diabetes, bridging the gap between medical experience…

Six Kopeks or Your Life: Two Short Stories about Health Care Professionalism…

Six Kopeks or Your Life: Two Short Stories about Health Care Professionalism…

Timeless stories reveal persistent challenges in healthcare professionalism and access, prompting reflection on modern…

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Eat Your Ice Cream 

Eat Your Ice Cream 

A pragmatic guide to longevity that favors balance, evidence, and meaningful human connection.

Stories of Illness, Stories of Loss  

Stories of Illness, Stories of Loss  

An essay linking Holocaust memory books to the art of medical history-taking and illness narratives.

Biblioscopy: A Glimpse of New and Upcoming Books 

Biblioscopy: A Glimpse of New and Upcoming Books 

New books probe illness, injury, empathy, burnout, and medicine’s fragile yet enduring human limits.

From Nothing by Anya Krugovoy Silver 

From Nothing by Anya Krugovoy Silver 

Anya Krugovoy Silver’s From Nothing transforms personal illness into transcendent, hopeful poetry.

Embodiment as Performance: Anne Gridley’s Watch Me Walk 

Embodiment as Performance: Anne Gridley’s Watch Me Walk 

Anne Gridley transforms walking into defiant performance, confronting disability, discomfort, and rare disease awareness head-on.

The Anatomist by Frederico Andahazi

The Anatomist by Frederico Andahazi

Historical novel exploring 16th‑century anatomist Mateo Colombo’s controversial discovery of the clitoris.

Meet the MedHum Team: Jack Coulehan

Meet the MedHum Team: Jack Coulehan

Poet-physician Jack Coulehan reflects on medical humanities, technology’s impact, and poetry’s role in healing in this thoughtful interview.

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Margo Weishar: The Excellent Doctor Blackwell 

Margo Weishar: The Excellent Doctor Blackwell 

Margo Weishar explores Elizabeth Blackwell’s hidden life, ambition, and sacrifice ahead of a public reading.

4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane

4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane

Sarah Kane’s final play fractures theatrical form to embody depression, psychosis, and the limits of language.

Feeling Dementia from the Play, The Father

Feeling Dementia from the Play, The Father

Florian Zeller’s The Father immerses audiences inside dementia, transforming theatrical disorientation into visceral understanding and empathy.

How Montaigne Profited from His Kidney Stones

How Montaigne Profited from His Kidney Stones

Physical suffering becomes philosophical insight as illness transforms pain, fear, and mortality into unexpected benefit.

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Under the Skin, but Out of Focus: Bug on Broadway 

Under the Skin, but Out of Focus: Bug on Broadway 

Broadway revival of Tracy Letts’ Bug probes paranoia, race, and medical ethics.
Cinema Without Barriers: Disability, Creativity, and Comfort Intersect at RestFest 

Cinema Without Barriers: Disability, Creativity, and Comfort Intersect at RestFest 

RestFest reimagines film festivals through disabled-led creativity, radical access, and care-centered viewing beyond ableist norms.
Eat Your Ice Cream 

Eat Your Ice Cream 

A pragmatic guide to longevity that favors balance, evidence, and meaningful human connection.
Stories of Illness, Stories of Loss  

Stories of Illness, Stories of Loss  

An essay linking Holocaust memory books to the art of medical history-taking and illness narratives.

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Rethinking Medications by Jerry Avorn

Rethinking Medications by Jerry Avorn

A critical examination of drug approval, safety, pricing, and regulatory decline in contemporary pharmaceutical practice.
Assistedlab.ch–A Living Archive of Assisted Dying 

Assistedlab.ch–A Living Archive of Assisted Dying 

A thoughtful review of a Swiss-based digital archive examining cultural dimensions of assisted dying debates.
Biblioscopy: A Glimpse of New and Upcoming Books 

Biblioscopy: A Glimpse of New and Upcoming Books 

New books probe illness, injury, empathy, burnout, and medicine’s fragile yet enduring human limits.
I Watched You Disappear by Anya Krugovoy Silver

I Watched You Disappear by Anya Krugovoy Silver

A poetry collection exploring illness, loss, memory, and hope through intimate reflections on life and family.

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