Medical humanities

Medical humanities is an interdisciplinary field of medicine which includes the humanities (philosophy of medicine, medical ethics and bioethics, history of medicine, literary studies and religion), social science (psychology, medical sociology, medical anthropology, cultural studies, health geography) and the arts (literature, theater, film, and visual arts) and their application to medical education and practice.^[1]

Medical humanities uses interdisciplinary research to explore experiences of health and illness, often focusing on subjective, hidden, or invisible experience. This interdisciplinary strength has given the field a noted diversity and encouraged creative 'epistemological innovation'.^[2]

Medical humanities is sometimes conflated with health humanities which also broadly links health and social care disciplines with the arts and humanities.^[3]

^ Aull, Felice. "Medical Humanities". Medical Humanities Community. New York University School of Medicine. Archived from the original on May 18, 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
^ William Viney, Felicity Callard, Angela Woods, 'Critical medical humanities: embracing entanglement, taking risks' Medical Humanities s 2015; 41: 2-7
^ "Home the International Health Humanities Network".

[1] Aull, Felice. "Medical Humanities". Medical Humanities Community. New York University School of Medicine. Archived from the original on May 18, 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.

[2] William Viney, Felicity Callard, Angela Woods, 'Critical medical humanities: embracing entanglement, taking risks' Medical Humanities s 2015; 41: 2-7

[3] "Home the International Health Humanities Network".

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