Navigating the medical humanities: my route

While health and illness have been the subjects of artistic exploration and scholarly thought since ancient times, the field of medical humanities is relatively young. Indeed, this journal was only founded at the turn of the 21st century. Many interested in, and contributing to, the broad field of medical humanities, are working in small groups or even alone. Although the health humanities community is broad and inclusive, it remains something of a minority pursuit in many university departments. Beyond the academy, clinicians, artists and practitioners are engaging with, and contributing to, the field in wide-ranging and creative ways, but again, these pursuits can be relatively invisible to their professional peers. The inherent inter-disciplinary character and diversity of the medical humanities community are, for many, its greatest strengths. It does mean, however, that it can be difficult to discern how to begin and progress a career in the medical humanities....
Source: Medical Humanities - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tags: Brief report Source Type: research