Tag Archives: patient experience

The Visual Image & the Future of the Medical Humanities (CFP, Conference, Galveston, Texas, 8–11 May 2014)

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

The Visual Image and the Future of the Medical Humanities *SAVE THE DATE* 8-11 May 2014 (Thursday – Sunday) Open Gates Conference Center University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas This conference brings together scholars, clinicians, scientific investigators and artists … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences | Tagged CFP, interdisciplinary, medical humanities, medical images, patient experience, visual art, visual cultures | Leave a comment

Medical Humanities and Narrative Ethics in Oncology (Seminar, Switzerland, 18-20 October 2013)

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Medical Humanities and Narrative Ethics in Oncology: Prognosis, Destiny and Bad News 18-20 October 2013 Bellinzona, Switzerland In the age of participatory medicine, where health professionals encourage and value patients as full partners, patient narrative is the basis for shared … Continue reading →

Posted in Seminar | Tagged medical humanities, narrative, narrative ethics, narrative medicine, NHS, oncology, patient experience, practice and the practitioner | Leave a comment

Art for Hospitals – the healing process

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Photographer Dominic Pote writes: Nature has always fascinated me. I discovered nature through painting from an early age. When later I discovered photography, I wanted to continue, this time with the means of the camera, to reveal more about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts in Health | Tagged art, arts and health, healing art, healing environment, hospital art, hospital design, landscape, nature, patient experience, photography, visual art | 1 Comment

The DSM5 Debates: Searching for the voices of those living under, through, and beyond psychiatric diagnoses

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Felicity Callard

Next week, on June 4–5, 2013, I will be speaking at the DSM-5 extravaganza taking place at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. There is a 2-day international conference titled: DSM-5 and the Future of Psychiatric Diagnosis: Where is … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Conferences, Ideas | Tagged antipsychiatry, diagnosis, DSM, history of psychiatry, Maudsley, medical humanities, patient, patient experience, psychiatry | 46 Comments

Cashing in on patients’ experiences: the commodification of patient support and opinion websites

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Originally posted on This Sociological Life:
English: The PatientsLikeMe Profile of Stephen Heywood, brother of the co-founders of the company, who was diagnosed with ALS when he was 29 years old. This profile describes his experience with the disease including…