While medical language is soaked in metaphor, and thinking with metaphor is central to
diagnostic work, medicine–that is, medical culture, clinical practice and medical education …

Ways of Sensing is a stimulating exploration of the cultural, historical and political
dimensions of the world of the senses. The book spans a wide range of settings and makes …

Clinical reasoning is a complex cognitive process that is essential to evaluate and manage a
patient's medical problem. The aim of this paper was to provide a critical review of the …

The field of the medical humanities is developing rapidly, however, there has also been
parallel concern from sceptics that the value of medical humanities educational interventions …

Background Narrative inquiry is a form of qualitative research that takes story as either its
raw data or its product. Science and narrative can be seen as two kinds of knowing, reflected …

In the second edition of this book we drew on our initial view of clinical reasoning as a
process incorporating the elements of cognition, knowledge and metacognition, expanding …

Medical students must be prepared for working in inter-professional and multi-disciplinary
clinical teams centred on a patient's care pathway. While there has been a good deal of …

Background: Clinical observation is fundamental in practicing medicine, but these skills are
rarely taught. Currently no evidence-based exercises/courses exist for medical student …

Perhaps the most significant structural change in recent times in medicine is the shift from a
dominance of men entering the profession to a dominance of women worldwide. However …

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 …