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In Recent Decades, Both Medical Humanities And Medical History Have Emerged As Rich And Varied Sub-disciplines. Medicine, Health And The Arts Is A Collection Of Specially Commissioned Essays Designed To Bring Together Different Approaches To These Complex Fields. Written By A Selection Of Established And Emerging Scholars, This Volume Embraces A Breadth And Range Of Methodological Approaches To Highlight Not Only Developments In Well-established Areas Of Debate, But Also Newly Emerging Areas Of Investigation, New Methodological Approaches To The Medical Humanities And The Value Of The Humaniti Critical Conversations: Establishing Dialogue In The Medical Humanities / Victoria Bates And Sam Goodman -- Towards A Critical Medical Humanities / Alan Bleakley -- Oh, The Humanit(ies)!: Dissent, Democracy, And Danger / Therese Jones -- Medicine And The Visual Arts / Ludmilla Jordanova -- Graphic Medicine: The Portrayal Of Illness In Underground And Autobiographical Comics / Ian C. M. Williams -- Art In Medical Education: Practice And Dialogue / L. A. Younie -- The Post-war Medical Humanities: A Literary Perspective / Anne Whitehead -- Reinterpreting The Wound Of Philoctetes: A Case Study In Literature And Medicine / Patricia Novillo-corvalán -- The Heart Of The Matter: Creating Meaning In Health And Medicine Through Writing / Fiona Hamilton -- Performance Anxiety: The Relationship Between Social And Aesthetic Drama In Medicine And Health / Emma Brodzinski -- Theatre, Performance And The Century Of The Brain: Influences Of Cognitive Neuroscience On Professional Theatre Practice / Jessica M. Beck -- Medical Humanities, Drama, Therapy, Schools And Evidence: Discourses And Practices / Phil Jones -- Music, Therapy And Technology: An Opinion Piece / Paul Robinson -- The Impact Of Cochlear Implants On Musical Experience / Zack Moir And Katie Overy -- The Development Of Clinical Music Therapy In Adult Mental Health Practice: Music, Health And Therapy / Helen Odell-miller. Edited By