‘ON CARE’: Book Review
Joe Wood reviews ON CARE, edited by Rebecca Jagoe and Sharon Kivland (Ma Bibliothèque, 2020) ‘Send fruit’ is apparently what Chileans say over the phone on international calls. Like asking about the weather, this
Feeling your Dream Hospital: A creative workshop
Rebecka Fleetwood-Smith reflects upon the use of creative approaches within the ‘Feeling Your Dream Hospital’ workshop, part of the Sensing Spaces of Healthcare Project. The Sensing Spaces of Healthcare project involves using historical and
Trusting touch during Covid-19
Performing Medicine’s Bella Eacott examines some of the norms around the use of touch in healthcare settings, and considers how these have been altered by the Covid-19 pandemic. Touch is central to healthcare practice:
Narrative medicine and the arts: Four perspectives on a student workshop (Essay 4)
This mini-series of short essays by Jane Hibberd, Andy Hibberd, Winifred Lee and Emily Player offers four perspectives on an innovative example of embedding medical humanities within the undergraduate curriculum for medical students at
Narrative medicine and the arts: Four perspectives on a student workshop (Essay 3)
This mini-series of short essays by Jane Hibberd, Andy Hibberd, Winifred Lee and Emily Player offers four perspectives on an innovative example of embedding health humanities within the undergraduate curriculum for medical students at
Narrative medicine and the arts: Four perspectives on a student workshop (Essay 2)
This mini-series of short essays by Jane Hibberd, Andy Hibberd, Winifred Lee and Emily Player offers four perspectives on an innovative example of embedding medical humanities within the undergraduate curriculum for medical students at
Narrative medicine and the arts: Four perspectives on a student workshop (Essay 1)
This mini-series of short essays by Jane Hibberd, Andy Hibberd, Winifred Lee and Emily Player offers four perspectives on an innovative example of embedding health humanities within the undergraduate curriculum for medical students at
AboutFace: emotions, history and transplantation
Fay Bound Alberti on emotions, history, and transplantation, in a preview of her new project, AboutFace.
Feelings, figures, and a field ready to take centre stage: ‘Representing the Medical Body’, Science Museum, London, 28 March 2019
‘Representing the Medical Body’ took place at the Science Museum, London, on 28thMarch 2019. Words: Fiona Johnstone. Pictures: Lucy Lyons. “Did you notice that everyone was constantly talking about their feelings?” asked a colleague,
A Dry and Silent World: Part 4, ‘Interactions with non-scientists’.
In this four-part series, four researchers – an Ear, Nose and Throat Registrar, a Dentist, an Artist and a Professor – reflect on their experience working together on A Dry and Silent World, a