The Routledge companion to health humanities /
In this volume, the authors explore the history, current state and future of the health humanities, in particular how its vision of the arts and humanities promotes creative public health; opens new routes to health and wellbeing; informs and drives better healthcare; interrogates relationships betw...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge,
2020.
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| Series: | Routledge companions to literature series
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| Summary: | In this volume, the authors explore the history, current state and future of the health humanities, in particular how its vision of the arts and humanities promotes creative public health; opens new routes to health and wellbeing; informs and drives better healthcare; interrogates relationships between ill health and social equality; develops humanist theory in relation to health and social care practice; foregrounds cultural difference as a resource for positive change in society; tests the humanity of an increasingly globalized health care system; looks to overcome structural and process obstacles to cross-disciplinary ventures; champions co-construction, co-design and mutuality in solving health and wellbeing challenges; showcases less familiar, prominent or celebrated creative practices; includes multiple perspectives on the value and health benefits of the arts and humanities not limited to or dominated by medicine.-- |
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| Physical Description: | 467 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781138579903 1138579904 |