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Cultivating empathy & critical thinking in health, culture & the arts
The Broken Column by Frida Kahlo 

The Broken Column by Frida Kahlo 

Frida Kahlo transforms personal trauma and chronic pain into powerful visual meditations on body, identity, and survival.

ByFelice Aull 04.15.26
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

A thoughtful conversation on aging, mortality, and balancing quality of life with survival in care decisions

ByDave Hsu 03.30.26
The Only Doctor Hawthorne Would See

The Only Doctor Hawthorne Would See

A physician-poet uses storytelling and moral conviction to challenge deadly medical ignorance and earn Hawthorne’s trust.

Eat Your Ice Cream 

Eat Your Ice Cream 

A pragmatic guide to longevity that favors balance, evidence, and meaningful human connection.

This month we focus on the nexus of and interface between medicine and the humanities.

Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green

Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green

A narrative exploring tuberculosis through history, inequality, medical progress, and…

Children Who Remember Former Lives 

Children Who Remember Former Lives 

An exploration of children reporting past-life memories, examining evidence, skepticism,…

ByJack Coulehan 04.06.26
The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes 

The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes 

A tense noir thriller where a young doctor becomes the…

BySteven Field 03.17.26
The Broken Column by Frida Kahlo 

The Broken Column by Frida Kahlo 

Frida Kahlo transforms personal trauma and chronic pain into powerful visual meditations on body, identity, and survival.

ByFelice Aull 04.15.26
When AIDS Activism Went Inside a Hospital: Ward 5B at San Francisco General 

When AIDS Activism Went Inside a Hospital: Ward 5B at San Francisco General 

Documentary recounts San Francisco’s Ward 5B, where nurses and activists humanized AIDS care amid fear.

The Only Doctor Hawthorne Would See

The Only Doctor Hawthorne Would See

A physician-poet uses storytelling and moral conviction to challenge deadly medical ignorance and earn Hawthorne’s trust.

Craftivism is Activism

Craftivism is Activism

From AIDS quilts to protest knitting, craftivism transforms domestic creativity into engaging tools for social activism.

Meet the MedHum Team: Dr. Felice Aull

Meet the MedHum Team: Dr. Felice Aull

Forging links between Medicine and the Arts: A Conversation with Dr. Felice Aull

ByLucy Bruell 03.10.26
Meet the MedHum Team: Jack Coulehan

Meet the MedHum Team: Jack Coulehan

Poet-physician Jack Coulehan reflects on medical humanities, technology’s impact, and poetry’s role in healing in this thoughtful interview.

ByDave Hsu 02.16.26
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

A thoughtful conversation on aging, mortality, and balancing quality of life with survival in care decisions

ByDave Hsu 03.30.26
I’m Sick, Therefore I Am: Illness as Normality in Nervous System with Author Lina Meruane

I’m Sick, Therefore I Am: Illness as Normality in Nervous System with Author Lina Meruane

A conversation exploring illness as everyday reality, where sickness, care, and family life intertwine in an unsettling literary…

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