Health Humanities in Application

This book explores the intersection of health and the humanities, focusing on practical applications and global perspectives. Chapters examine reproductive health policy, arts-based research methods, black feminist approaches, artistic expressions, cultural competency, interdisciplinarity, and more.

Format: Hardback
Length: 328 pages
Publication date: 23 February 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This book delves deeply into the realm of health humanities, exploring its multifaceted applications and significance in various fields. It serves as a rich source of knowledge for researchers, educators, students, healthcare practitioners, and community members alike, as it sheds light on the intersections of health and wellness with the humanities. The core approach to health humanities revolves around the implementation of various strategies, and the perspectives adopted are global, encompassing regions such as North America, Africa, Europe, and India.

Within its chapters, the book emphasizes key developments in the health humanities, examining diverse applications ranging from reproductive health policy to arts-based research methods, black feminist approaches to health humanities pedagogy, artistic expressions of the lived experiences of the coronavirus, narratives of repair and re-articulation, creativity, cultural competency in physician-patient communication through dance, embodied dance practice as a means of knowing and healing, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity, eye tracking, ableism and disability, rethinking expertise in disability justice, disability and the Global South, coronavirus and Indian politics, visual storytelling in graphic medicine, and medical progress and racism in graphic fiction.

By delving into these diverse topics, the book offers valuable insights into the ways in which health humanities can contribute to understanding, promoting, and improving health and well-being on a global scale. It serves as a testament to the power of interdisciplinary collaboration and the potential of the humanities to enhance our understanding of the complex issues surrounding health and society.

Weight: 575g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031083594
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023