The Health Humanist is a Health-Humanities take on health and health access. Produced by the Medical and Health Humanities program at Misericordia University, this podcast has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities CARES grant, “Humanities in the Time of COVID-19: Fostering Community Dialogue,” Award Number: AH-274885-20. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this podcast do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Episode 1: What Is the Health Humanities?
Amanda Caleb
Episode 1: What Is the Health Humanities?
An overview of what the health humanities is and why the field is relevant to health care today.
The Health Humanist is a Health-Humanities take on health and health access. Produced by the Medical and Health Humanities program at Misericordia University, this podcast has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities CARES grant, “Humanities in the Time of COVID-19: Fostering Community Dialogue,” Award Number: AH-274885-20. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this podcast do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Episode 2: Allegations of Forced Hysterectomies–Eugenics in the USA
Amanda Caleb, Stacy Gallin, and Eden Wales Freedman
Episode 2: Allegations of Forced Hysterectomies–Eugenics in the USA
In this episode, Dr. Amanda Caleb talks with Drs. Stacy Gallin and Eden Wales Freedman about the recent allegations of forced hysterectomies at the Irwin Detention Center in Osilla, Georgia. Dr. Gallin is the Founding Director of the Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust and a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program at New York Medical College. Dr. Wales Freedman is Associate Professor and the Vice Provost of Faculties and Academic Affairs at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.
The Health Humanist is a Health-Humanities take on health and health access. Produced by the Medical and Health Humanities program at Misericordia University, this podcast has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities CARES grant, “Humanities in the Time of COVID-19: Fostering Community Dialogue,” Award Number: AH-274885-20. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this podcast do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Episode 3: Storytelling Health--From Education to Change
Amanda Caleb, Alicia H. Nordstrom, and Katherine Burke
Episode 3: Storytelling Health--From Education to Change
In this episode, Dr. Amanda Caleb talks with Katherine Burke, Director of the Program in Medical Humanities at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, and Alicia Nordstrom, Professor and Chair of Psychology at Misericordia University. They discuss the role of theatre in medicine and health, discussing ways in which reflective writing and performance can help develop future physicians and reduce stigma.
The Health Humanist is a Health-Humanities take on health and health access. Produced by the Medical and Health Humanities program at Misericordia University, this podcast has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities CARES grant, “Humanities in the Time of COVID-19: Fostering Community Dialogue,” Award Number: AH-274885-20. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this podcast do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.