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Health humanities reader /

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Jones, Therese (Editor), Wear, Delese (Editor), Friedman, Lester D. (Editor), Pachucki, Kathleen (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice. In Health Humanities Reader, editors Therese Jones, Delese Wear, and Lester D. Friedman have assembled fifty-four leading scholars, educators, artists, and clinicians to survey the rich body of work that.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 603 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813562483
0813562481
1322111111
9781322111117