Health Humanities.

This is the first manifesto for Health Humanities worldwide. It sets out the context for this emergent and innovative field which extends beyond Medical Humanities to advance the inclusion and impact of the arts and humanities in healthcare, health and well-being.

"Cover" -- "Half-Title" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Dedication" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures and Tables" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "About the Authors" -- "1 Health Humanities" -- "2 Anthropology and the Study of Culture" -- "3 Applied Literature" -- "4 Narrative and Applied Linguistics" -- "5 Performing Arts and the Aesthetics of Health" -- "6 Visual Art and Transformation" -- "7 Practice Based Evidence: Delivering Humanities into Healthcare" -- "8 Creative Practice as Mutual Recovery" -- "Concluding Remarks" -- "References".

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015

1 online resource (204 pages)