Literature and Medicine

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Course Title

Literature and Medicine

Course Description

This course explores the intersection between literature and medicine in three key arenas: the patient, the practitioner, and the public. The course focuses on issues of social justice and human dignity and considers how literature represents, engages with, and challenges medical language, narrative, and diagnosis.

Course Level

Undergraduate (BA, BS)

Instructor Name

Amanda Caleb

Course Topics

Bioethics/Narrative Ethics
Body/Embodiment
Cancer/Oncology
Death and Dying/End-of-Life/Hospice
Disability/Ableism
Disease/Illness
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Epidemics/Pandemics
Gender/Sexuality/LGBTQ+
Global Health
Graphic Medicine
HIV/AIDS
Illness Experience/Patient Narratives
Literature/Poetry/Creative Writing
Medicalization
Mental Health
Patient-provider relations
Performing arts (theater, music, dance, puppetry)
Politics of Health/Public policy
Prejudice/ Discrimination/Bias/Stigma/Stereotyping
Professionalism/Interprofessionalism
Public Health
Race/Ethnicity/Racism/Antiracism
Religion/Spirituality
Science/Speculative Fiction
Social determinants of health
Social justice

Disciplinary Perspectives

Disability Studies
English
Literature/Literary Studies
Women/Gender Studies

Geographic Location

Dallas, PA

Instructional Modality

face-to-face

Institutional Location

Misericordia University

Title

Literature and Medicine