The Routledge Companion to Health Humanities.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of boxes, figures, and table -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Introduction: global health humanities and the rise of creative public health -- Introduction -- References -- PART 1: Reflections and critical perspectives -- 1. The health humanities, genealogies of health care, and the consolation of understanding: towards a critique of "recovery" in mental health -- Introduction -- A genealogy of recovery -- Genealogies of ideas and the consolation of understanding -- References -- 2. On applying the arts and humanities in austere times -- Introduction -- Applying empathy -- "H is for hospital": narrative training for nursing empathy -- "We heard health care": health humanities' austere activism -- Conclusion -- References -- 3. Creative practices in challenging places -- Introduction -- Forensic mental health in the United Kingdom -- Creative practice in challenging places: an applied example -- Conclusion -- References -- 4. Visionary medicine: race, health, power, and speculation -- Introduction -- Medicine's role in constructing "race" -- From medical experimentation to medical imperialism -- Who gets to imagine themselves into the future? -- Visionary medicine -- References -- 5. Digital life and health humanities -- Introduction -- References -- 6. The palimpsest: Black and ethnic minority perspectives in health humanities -- Introduction -- The acknowledgement of pasts -- The production of presence -- The imagining of futures -- References -- 7. Representations of medical and health delivery paradigms -- Introduction -- References -- 8. Post-conflict resolution and the health humanities: the Warrior Chorus program -- Introduction -- Background -- New directions -- Opportunities and challenges -- Recruitment.

References -- 9. Comics and graphic medicine as a third space for the health humanities -- Introduction -- Notes -- References -- 10. Medicine within health humanities -- Introduction -- Creative practice with patients -- Children -- Adults -- In nursing homes -- In death -- In teaching -- With our teams and for ourselves -- Conclusion -- References -- 11. A health humanities sublime -- Introduction -- Contemporary sublime -- Lars von Trier's Melancholia -- The sublime as health humanities resource -- References -- 12. Visualizing within health-care practice -- Introduction -- Individual and collective visualizing -- Visualizing the invisible -- VisionOn -- Other participatory approaches -- Healthcare Associated Infection Visualisation and Ideation Research Network (HAIVAIRN) -- References -- 13. Health humanities and the creative disciplines -- Introduction -- Creative disciplines and health-care systems and research: uneasy bedfellows -- Creativity and mental health: health care supporting artistic expression -- New directions for co-creativity -- Conclusion -- References -- 14. Co-design as a democratizing force -- Introduction -- Design in the health-care setting -- A democratic space -- Building to think -- Designerly and design-like -- Co-design as anti-structure -- References -- 15. Indigenous health humanities -- Introduction -- Indigenous history(ies) of medicine -- Narrative medicine, postcolonial narrative medicine, and Indigenous narrative medicine -- Notes -- References -- 16. Accessibility and advocacy in health humanities -- Introduction -- Advocacy and accessing patients' voices -- Social prescribing: advocating for access to the arts -- Creativity in policy and practice -- Conclusion -- References -- 17. The role of the imagination in the practices of the health humanities -- Introduction -- Storytelling between and beyond words.

Two stories of imagination in suffering, care, and healing -- Imagination is a practice -- The strangeness of disembodied medicine -- Care as a relational embodied process -- References -- 18. Inventing Edward Jenner: historicizing anti-vaccination -- Introduction -- Jenner's (re)invention -- Jenner's pastoral security -- Revealing Jenner's insecurity -- Conclusion -- References -- 19. Selling the de-pharmaceuticalization of insomnia: semiotics, drug advertising, and the social life of Belsomra -- Introduction -- DTCA: semiotics, economics, and the de-pharmaceuticalization of sleeplessness -- Beslomra's delicate balancing act -- The afterlife of cats and dogs -- Notes -- References -- 20. The problem with "burnout": neoliberalization, biomedicine, and other soul mates -- Introduction -- Survey says: neoliberal rhetoric and the Canadian Medical Association National Physician Health Survey -- Dissecting biomedicine's "study techniques": burnout as destiny -- The duet of Jill and Chen: emergency departments are ground zero for neoliberal health policy -- "The stronger mind": resiliency and individual capacity -- Full circle: in lieu of a "fix for a generation" -- Notes -- References -- 21. Medical poetics: representing global health humanities and the case of 心 -- Introduction -- Global pitfalls -- 心on the mind -- Tree-brain-branches -- Digital diaries -- Endings and beginnings -- Notes -- References -- 22. Creative arts adult community learning -- Introduction -- ACL in the creative arts compared with other kinds of learning -- The processes through which creative arts ACL produces mental health and well-being benefits -- Absorption, relaxation, and "being present" -- Self-expression, communication, and understanding of self and others -- Enduring interest, enjoyment, and social connection and support.

Identity work, social contribution and reciprocity -- Conclusion -- References -- 23. What zombies can tell us about contemporary health care -- Introduction -- Night of the living dead -- Dawn of the dead -- So where does all this lead us? -- References -- 24. Finding the subject in the objectified: problematizing the dependence on metrics for patient care in the United States -- Introduction -- Background -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 25. Establishing, promoting, and growing the health humanities in Japan: a review and a vision for the future -- Introduction -- The current state of health humanities in Japan -- A vision for the future of health humanities in Japan -- The way forward -- References -- 26. Australia and New Zealand: a circuitous path to health humanities -- Introduction -- Contextual barriers -- Pathways for arts and humanities in health -- Arts and humanities in health: selected activities -- Conclusion -- Resources -- References -- 27. Imaginations of health humanities in African contexts: the development of existing critical consciousness and perspectives -- Introduction: Africa: the continent, its nations, and diverse richness -- Suitability of health humanities: brief review of global engagement and growth -- Philosophical imaginations of HHA: a Freirean perspective -- HHA through the lens of Barnett -- Development in Africa and the university: a brief case study -- Conclusion -- References -- PART 2: Applications -- 28. Intervention theater -- Introduction -- engendering discussion about hospital-caused death -- Reprise: Hear Me as a resource for making difficult issues discussable -- Conclusion -- Resources -- References -- 29. Gallery and museum visiting -- Introduction -- The social function of galleries and museums: arts and culture as health resources.

Creative practices as "social prescription" -- Why does it work? rationale and evidence -- References -- 30. Poetry and male eating disorders -- Introduction -- The "Hungry for Words" poetry project on eating disorders -- Outlook -- Resource -- References -- 31. Photography -- Introduction -- Photographic research methods -- Arts and health: therapeutic photography and photography within art therapy -- Brief case example -- Notes -- References -- 32. Fashion and textiles -- Introduction -- Clothing, the body, and identity -- Clothing and associated meanings -- The significance of clothing in health and social care settings -- Clothing as creative practice -- Clothing and textile handling sessions -- Conclusion -- References -- 33. Classics -- Introduction -- Notes -- References -- 34. History -- Introduction -- History, health, and well-being -- Resources -- References -- 35. Life-writing -- Introduction -- "Everyday" or "ordinary" practices and processes -- Mentalities and attitudes -- Subjective perspectives and new connections -- References -- 36. Reading -- Introduction -- Shared reading and mental health: research findings -- A brief case history -- Implementation and impact -- Notes -- References -- 37. Dancing -- Introduction -- Resources -- Note -- References -- 38. Masks -- Introduction -- References -- 39. Puppetry -- Introduction -- Creating the illusion of life -- Transitional objects -- Global overview -- Future directions: embodiment, presence, attention, imagination -- References -- 40. Drawing -- Introduction -- The value of drawing for health care, health, and well-being -- Objective drawing -- Subjective drawings -- A short case presentation on drawing in health care -- Barriers and promoting factors -- Examples and methods for engaging the public in drawing -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Resources -- References.

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Divided into two main sections, the Companion looks at "Reflections" - offers current thinking and definitions within health humanities, and "Applications" comprises a wide selection of a range of arts and humanities modalities from comedy and writing to dancing, yoga and horticulture.

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