Is Literature Healthy? - The Literary Agenda

Zusatztext The medical humanities have become more complex and more theoretically savvy over the years. But we desperately need more books like Billingtons that address us quietly and clearly, about something very basic. Literature and the literary have lost their cachet in our field. If you want to know why it should be restored, read this book. The case could not be better made. Informationen zum Autor Josie Billington is Deputy Director of the Centre for Research into Reading at the University of Liverpool. Klappentext Medical Humanities comprises disciplines as diverse as literature, the visual and performing arts, the history of medicine, and bioethics. Josie Billington examines the value that literature adds to medical education in health training and practice, and defends the power of the arts as a remedial force. Zusammenfassung Medical Humanities comprises disciplines as diverse as literature, the visual and performing arts, the history of medicine, and bioethics. Josie Billington examines the value that literature adds to medical education in health training and practice, and defends the power of the arts as a remedial force. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Medical Humanities, History and Development, Ancient to Present 1: Illness and Health 2: Narrative and Storytelling 3: Reading Groups, Private Reading, Personal Reading Conclusion: Futures

Product details

• Authors: Josie Billington, Josie ( Liverpool University) Billington, Josie (Liverpool University) Billington
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2016
• EAN: 9780198724698
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872469-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: The Literary Agenda; The Literary Agenda
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies