Health Humanities Reader

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice.In__Health Humanities Reader__, editors Therese Jones, Delese Wear, and Lester D. Friedman have assembled fifty-four leading scholars, educators, artists, and clinicians to survey the rich body of work that has already emerged from the field—and to imagine fresh approaches to the health humanities in these original essays. The collection’s contributors reflect the extraordinary diversity of the field, including scholars from the disciplines of disability studies, history, literature, nursing, religion, narrative medicine, philosophy, bioethics, medicine, and the social sciences. With warmth and humor, critical acumen and ethical insight,__Health Humanities Reader__truly humanizes the field of medicine. Its accessible language and broad scope offers something for everyone from the experienced medical professional to a reader interested in health and illness. Over The Past 40 Years, The Health Humanities, Previously Called The Medical Humanities, Has Emerged As One Of The Most Exciting Fields For Interdisciplinary Scholarship, Advancing Humanistic Inquiry Into Bioethics, Human Rights, Health Care, And The Uses Of Technology. It Has Also Helped Inspire Health Professionals To Engage In Deeper Reflection About The Human Elements Of Their Practice. This Book Assembles A Rich Body Of Work That Has Emerged In The Field, And Presents Fresh Approaches To The Health Humanities As Portrayed In These 45 Original Essays That Truly Humanize The Health Profession. -- Publisher Description Introduction: The Why, The What, And The How Of The Medical/health Humanities. I. Disease And Illness : -- 1. Being A Good Story: The Humanities As Therapeutic Practice -- 2. Illuminating The It, Thee, And We Of Disease And Illness: The Metamorphosis And Related Works -- 3. This Weird, Incurable Disease: Competing Diagnoses In The Rhetoric Of Morgellons -- 4. My Quest For Health. Ii. Disability : -- 5. Disability In Two Doctor Stories -- 6. Music And Disability -- 7. American Narrative Films And Disability: An Uneasy History -- 8. Standout. Iii. Death And Dying : -- 9. When The Doctor Is Not God: The Impact Of Religion On Medical Decision Making At The End Of Life -- 10. Postmodern Death And Dying: A Literary Analysis -- 11. Second Degree Block: Poem And Commentary. Iv. Patient-professional Relationships : -- 12. Social Studies: The Humanities, Narrative, And The Social Context Of The Patient-professional Relationship -- 13. Humanities And The Medical Home -- 14. Occupational Medicine. V. The Body : -- 15. The Virtues Of The Imperfect Body -- 16. Seeing Bodies In Pain -- 17. Public Fetuses -- 18. More Body: A Performance For Five (or More) Bodies. Vi. Gender And Sexuality : -- 19. Adult Intake Form -- 20. What Is Sex For? Or, The Many Uses Of The Vag -- 21. I Always Prefer The Scissors: Isaac Baker Brown And Feminist Histories Of Medicine -- 22. Comics In The Health Humanities: A New Approach To Sex And Gender Education -- 23. I Am Gula, Hear Me Roar: On Gender And Medicine. Vii. Race And Class : -- 24. Listening As Freedom: Narrative, Health, And Social Justice -- 25. Race And Mental Health -- 26. Law's Hand In Race, Class, And Health Inequities: On The Humanities And The Social Determination Of Health -- 27. The Rooms Of Our Souls. Viii. Aging : -- 28. Old Age Isn't A Battle, It's A Massacre: Reading Philip Roth's Everyman -- 29. Do You Remember Me? Construction Of Alzheimer's Disease In Literature And Film -- 30. Love In The Time Of Dementia. Ix. Mental Illness : -- 31. Narrating Our Sadness, With A Little Help From The Humanities -- 32. Teaching Narratives Of Mental Illness -- 33. Community Psychiatry And The Medical Humanities -- 34. Culpability. X. Spirituality And Religion : -- 35. Rites Of Bioethics -- 36. Health And Humanities; Spirituality And Religion -- 37. Scientia Mortis And The Ars Moriendi: To The Memory Of Norman -- -- 38. Meditations Of An Anesthesiologist: Poem And Commentary. Xi. Science And Technology : -- 39. Andromeda's Futures: A Story Of Humanities, Technology, Science, And Art -- 40. Knowing And Seeing: Reconstructing Frankenstein -- 41. A Brief History Of Love: A Rationale For The History Of Epidemics -- 42. Calcedonies. Xii. Health Professions Education : -- 43. Teaching Autism Through Naturalized Narrative Ethics: Closing The Divide Between Bioethics And Medical Humanities -- 44. Courting Discomfort In An Undergraduate Health Humanities Classroom -- 45. The Medical Humanities In Medical Education: Toward A Medical Aesthetics Of Resistance -- 46. In Defense Of Cheaper Stethoscopes. Edited By Therese Jones, Delese Wear, And Lester D. Friedman ; Assistant Editor Kathleen Pachucki. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Title Page 3 Copyright Page 4 Contents 5 Foreword: Too Long Too Short 12 Acknowledgments 16 Introduction: The Why, the What, and the How of the Medical/Health Humanities 17 Part I. Disease and Illness 30 Chapter 1. Being a Good Story: The Humanities as Therapeutic Practice 31 Chapter 2. Illuminating the It, Thee, and We of Disease and Illness: The Metamorphosis and Related Works 48 Chapter 3. “This Weird, Incurable Disease”: Competing Diagnoses in the Rhetoric of Morgellons 61 Chapter 4. My Quest for Health 81 Part II. Disability 101 Chapter 5. Disability in Two Doctor Stories 102 Chapter 6. Music and Disability 121 Chapter 7. American Narrative Films and Disability: An Uneasy History 136 Chapter 8. Standout 149 Part III. Death and Dying 153 Chapter 9. When the Doctor Is Not God: The Impact of Religion on Medical Decision Making at the End of Life 154 Chapter 10. Postmodern Death and Dying: A Literary Analysis 167 Chapter 11. Second Degree Block: Poem and Commentary 179 Part IV. Patient-Professional Relationships 183 Chapter 12. Social Studies: The Humanities, Narrative, and the Social Context of the Patient-Professional Relationship 184 Chapter 13. Humanities and the Medical Home 200 Chapter 14. Occupational Medicine 215 Part V. The Body 220 Chapter 15. The Virtues of the Imperfect Body 221 Chapter 16. Seeing Bodies in Pain 244 Chapter 17. Public Fetuses 269 Chapter 18. More Body: A Performance for Five (or More) Bodies 283 Part VI. Gender and Sexuality 288 Chapter 19. Adult Intake Form 289 Chapter 20. What Is Sex For? or, The Many Uses of the Vag 296 Chapter 21. “I Always Prefer the Scissors”: Isaac Baker Brown and Feminist Histories of Medicine 307 Chapter 22. in the Health Humanities: A New Approach to Sex and Gender Education 322 Chapter 23. I Am Gula, Hear Me Roar: On Gender and Medicine 347 Part VII. Race and Class 356 Chapter 24. Listening as Freedom: Narrative, Health, and Social Justice 357 Chapter 25. Race and Mental Health 372 Chapter 26. Law’s Hand in Race, Class, and Health Inequities: On the Humanities and the Social Determinants of Health 381 Chapter 27. The Rooms of Our Souls 393 Part VIII. Aging 401 Chapter 28. “Old Age Isn’t a Battle, It’s a Massacre”: Reading Philip Roth’s Everyman 402 Chapter 29. “Do You Remember Me?” Constructions of Alzheimer’s Disease in Literature and Film 416 Chapter 30. Love in the Time of Dementia 429 Part IX. Mental Illness 434 Chapter 31. Narrating Our Sadness, with a Little Help from the Humanities 435 Chapter 32. Teaching Narratives of Mental Illness 448 Chapter 33. Community Psychiatry and the Medical Humanities 460 Chapter 34. Culpability 474 Part X. Spirituality and Religion 514 Chapter 35. Rites of Bioethics 515 Chapter 36. Health and Humanities: Spirituality and Religion 531 Chapter 37. Scientia Mortis and the Ars Moriendi: To the Memory of Norman 546 Chapter 38. Meditations of an Anesthesiologist: Poem and Commentary 573 Part XI. Science and Technology 577 Chapter 39. Andromeda’s Futures: A Story of Humanities, Technology, Science, and Art 578 Chapter 40. Knowing and Seeing: Reconstructing Frankenstein 592 Chapter 41. A Brief History of Love: A Rationale for the History of Epidemics 609 Chapter 42. Calcedonies 625 Part XII. Health Professions Education 676 Chapter 43. Teaching Autism through Naturalized Narrative Ethics: Closing the Divide between Bioethics and Medical Humanities 677 Chapter 44. Courting Discomfort in an Undergraduate Health Humanities Classroom 692 Chapter 45. The Medical Humanities in Medical Education: Toward a Medical Aesthetics of Resistance 706 Chapter 46. In Defense of Cheaper Stethoscopes 720 References 726 Notes on Contributors 814 Index 820 FIC003000,Fiction,/,Anthologies,(multiple,Authors) FIC003000 Fiction / Anthologies (multiple Authors) Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice. In Health Humanities Reader , editors Therese Jones, Delese Wear, and Lester D. Friedman have assembled fifty-four leading scholars, educators, artists, and clinicians to survey the rich body of work that has already emerged from the field—and to imagine fresh approaches to the health humanities in these original essays. The collection’s contributors reflect the extraordinary diversity of the field, including scholars from the disciplines of disability studies, history, literature, nursing, religion, narrative medicine, philosophy, bioethics, medicine, and the social sciences. With warmth and humor, critical acumen and ethical insight, Health Humanities Reader truly humanizes the field of medicine. Its accessible language and broad scope offers something for everyone from the experienced medical professional to a reader interested in health and illness.