A brilliant argument for placing historical work at the centre of how we make sense of health, medicine and illness ⤵️

In this letter we make “a renewed case for coherence and collaboration between history of medicine, medicine, and medical humanities, emphasising the continuity and links between all three” #histmed #medhums

I joined a stellar group of scholars - Richard Bellis, Rina Knoeff, Dr Coreen McGuire, Dr Manon S. Parry, Karin Tybjerg, Ruben Verwaal, and Angela Woods - to write this open letter on history and medicine in Wellcome Open Research:
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-249

This adventure starts on Thursday!

Findings from the UK’s first national inquiry into birth trauma published today & will make for harrowing reading especially around the multiple, intersecting failures to listen and act with compassion theguardian.com/society/articl…

As part of Epistemology and Post-Covid Project Linköpings universitet we are announcing an artistic assignment. Please spread the word!
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#MedicalHumanities #LongCovid #artsandresearch

While it is a dream come true to be in The Guardian, the context is closer to a nightmare. 5 infant deaths from #pertussis in the 1st quarter is tragic. This should not be happening, our #vaccine #PublicHealth system needs injecting with resources, creativity & agility. #ChildHealth

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the launch of our Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities this week. It was a privilege to hear about your work & to share our vision for the future of interdisciplinary & cross-sector #healthresearch . Durham University Wellcome

Welcome to #ReaderBank !

We're an ambitious project looking to understand reading, the imagination, and the mind with the help of researchers from Durham Institute for Medical Humanities and in collaboration with Edinburgh International Book Festival!

To learn more, visit our new website readerbank.org!

oh but there was this DRP-MH launch thingy in the background which seemed to be a huge success, dk if that's related though. Durham Institute for Medical Humanities thoughts?

Ready to launch the Visual & Material Lab as part of the wider Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities at Durham University! #medhumsplatform medhumsplatform.org/labs/visual-an…

😎 #medhumsplatform Durham Institute for Medical Humanities

Black mothers twice as likely as white mothers to be hospitalised with perinatal mental illness theguardian.com/world/article/…

Delighted to have been awarded one of these to write a History of the Medical Humanities, a strangely neglected topic in the UK.

Tonight 5pm! Join us to find out more about the MA in Medical Humanities

The Wellcome funded Sexual Harms & Medical Encounters project Sexual Harms + Medical Encounters has concluded after 5+ years at Birkbeck, led by Joanna Bourke & @ruthbeecher.bsky.social Dr Ruth Beecher

Read Rhea Sookdeosingh's report on the team's innovative research, #engagement & legacies

#medhums
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