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Telling Stories in the Medical Encounter Date and time – Prof Larry Hergott (Seminar, Edinburgh University, 14 May 2013)
The Medical Humanities Research Network Scotland presents: Professor Larry Hergott Telling Stories in the Medical Encounter Date and time Tuesday 14th May, 2013 5pm – 6.30pm (followed by a wine reception) Venue: Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, University of … Continue reading
Andy Burnham Headlines Shared Reading for The Reader Organisation’s Health Communities Conference 16 May 2013
Lizzie Cain, Communications Assistant for The Reader Organisation, writes: Andy Burnham MP, Shadow Health Secretary, will be discussing ‘The Books that Built Me’ at The Reader Organisation’s fourth annual national conference, Shared Reading for Healthy Communities, taking place at the … Continue reading
Posted in Arts in Health, Seminar
Tagged communities, flourishing, medical humanities, press release, The Reader Organisation, wellbeing
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‘Nursing the nation’ by Molly Case
A stunning poem performed my Molly Case at the Royal College of Nursing Congress 2013
Arts in Health – What’s In A Name Change?
Mike White, Senior Research Fellow in Arts and Health in the Centre for Medical Humanities at Durham University, writes: Australia’s Institute for Creative Health, formerly known as the Arts and Health Foundation, is launched this week in a haze of … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, arts in health, critical mass, policy, practitioner
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Healing Words: A Meditation on Poetry and Recovery from Mental Illness
This is a brief extract from an essay by Sandy Jeffs and Susan Pepper entitled “Healing Words: A Meditation on Poetry and Recovery from Mental Illness” published in The Arts in Psychotherapy (2005). Sandy Jeffs is an Australian poet and … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, literature, Madness and psychopathology, mental illness, mind body affect, Poetry
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Another Ghost In The Machine
Mike White writes: When I was arts officer for Gateshead Council in the 1990s I had the privilege of helping Antony Gormley realise his landmark sculpture commission The Angel of the North. My interest in managing public art coincided with … Continue reading
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Tagged angel of the north, arts, arts in health, medicine, NHS
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Culture, Health and Wellbeing (International Conference, Bristol, June 24-26 2013)
Culture, Health and Wellbeing International Conference June 24-26th 2013 Bristol UK. Early Bird deadline February 28th This conference is for academics, policy makers and practitioners in the health and culture sectors. It is organised in partnership with the Royal Society … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, arts in health, conference, flourishing, imagination and creativity, medical humanities, wellbeing
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Listen Here: exploring the arts and health issues raised by Alice in Bed (Workshop: Newcastle, 28 February 2013)
LISTEN HERE is a day of talks and workshops exploring the arts and health issues raised by Tender Buttons’ Alice in Bed. Tender Buttons’ site specific production of Susan Sontag’s play Alice in Bed will take place at The Stephenson … Continue reading
Mike White on “Acting local, thinking global in arts and health”
Mike White, Senior Research Fellow in Arts and Health in the Centre for Medical Humanities at Durham University, sets out the case for community based arts and health in a recent article for ANIMATED – The Community Dance Magazine: “The … Continue reading
Ethics Under Cover: Comics, Medicine and Society (CfP, 4th International Conference of Comics and Medicine, Brighton, July 2013)
4th International Conference of Comics and Medicine Ethics Under Cover: Comics, Medicine and Society 5th-7th July 2013 Brighton and Sussex Medical School Brighton and Sussex Medical School in collaboration with Brighton and Sussex University Hospital Trust and Graphic Medicine invites papers for … Continue reading
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