What Matters Most? The Power of Kafka ’s Metamorphosis to Advance Understandings of HIV Stigma and Inform Empathy in Medical Health Education

AbstractHIV stigma, a social-medical problem, continues to confound researchers and health professionals, while undermining outcomes. Empathy may reduce stigma; its absence may predict stigma. This research investigates: How does Kafka ’sMetamorphosis advance understandings of HIV stigma in medical health education?Metamorphosis amplifies the sociological-relational mechanisms fostering HIV stigma. It offers a multi-disciplinary, responsive space for ethical, humanistic and clinical inquiry to meet: enabling students to consider how social structures shape health inequities, moral, social experience, and their professional identity within.Metamorphosis may ultimately promote medical health humanities ’ social mission—allowing literature to unfold such revelations towards greater equity in health.
Source: Journal of Medical Humanities - Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research