Finding Meaning in Healthcare - Looking Through the Hermeneutic Window

This pioneering book illustrates the ways in which an interpretive or hermeneutic stance can be incorporated into modern healthcare across clinical practice, clinical ethics, education and leadership - and the transformative effects of doing so.

List of contents

Foreword by Victor Montori. Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Four Domain Model Robert Clarke and Rupal Shah. Chapter 2. A History of Hermeneutics Emma Ladds. Chapter 3. Nudging the Status Quo Emma Ladds, Melissa Sayer and Rupal Shah. Chapter 4. Hermeneutic Approaches in Complex Multimorbidity Sophie Park and Martina Ann Kelly. Chapter 5. Hermeneutic Approaches in Mental Health and Chronic Pain Jens Foell and Sami Timimi. Chapter 6. Hermeneutics - An Ethical and Philosophical Perspective Paquita de Zulueta and John Spicer. Chapter 7. A Hermeneutic Approach to Social Injustice Austin O'Carroll. Chapter 8. The Human Element in the Age of AI: Balancing Technology and Meaning in Medicine Marcus Lewis, Sylvie Delacroix, David Fraile Navarro, Richard Lehman. Chapter 9. Hermeneutic Approaches to Leadership Jo-Anne Johnson and Sanjiv Ahluwalia. Chapter 10. Meaning Making in Frontline Medical Education John Launer and Louise Younie. Chapter 11. A Hermeneutic Approach to Professionalism and the Link with Practical Wisdom Sabena Jameel. Chapter 12. Flourishing Spaces Louise Younie. Chapter 13. Quality Rebellion: Hermeneutics Beyond the Clinical Encounter Jane Myat and Jane Riddiford.

About the author

Rupal Shah is a GP and medical educator in London. She has published widely in the field of medical education, including Fighting for the Soul of General Practice - The Algorithm Will See You Now (2024) and the hermeneutic window series of articles.
Robert Clarke is a retired GP and medical educator who has a longstanding interest in evidence based medicine. He first co-formulated the hermeneutic window to demonstrate that biomedical and humanistic approaches are complementary and has collaborated with Rupal Shah and colleagues in arguing that meaning making is essential in healthcare.

Product details

• Authors: Rupal Clarke Shah
• Assisted by: Robert Clarke (Editor), Shah Rupal (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032832166
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3283216-6
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, MEDICAL / Health Policy, MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine, PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, Psychology, MEDICAL / Family & General Practice, MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Work, Health psychology, Medical Sociology, PSYCHOLOGY / Education, Training & Supervision