Creative Arts in Humane Medicine: Creative Arts in Humane Medicine A Resource for Educators

Creative Arts

The creative arts can relate to many forms of the arts embodied in action and practice among them (but not restricted to) drama, dance and musical performance, visual arts, writing, publishing, graphic arts, cartooning, film, multi media and design.

In Humane

To be humane is to have or show compassion or benevolence.

Being concerned with the alleviation of suffering.

To interact with care, consideration and respect.

Medicine

the word medicine is from the Latin ars medicina, meaning the art of healing.

Broadly speaking the practice of medicine is to be

active in the prevention and treatment of illness.

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Creative Arts in Humane Medicine A Resource for Educators

Creative Arts in Humane Medicine is an educational textbook which will be a valuable resource for educators in medical education and healthcare, physician and nurse educators and their students, public health educators,therapists, those who work in health promotion, social services, social work and mental health and community health, health researchers and ethicists as well as professionals with special interests in stress management, creative arts and healing. (This book will be available in both hard copy and ebook formats.)