Art-medicine collaborative practice : transforming the experience of head and neck cancer

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  • Contributor:

    Brett-MacLean, Pamela

    ,

    McTavish, Lianne

    Summary:

    In its fusion of essays and artwork, Art-Medicine Collaborative Practice helps readers understand the lived realities of individuals with head and neck cancer. Featuring compelling original art from Ingrid Bachmann, Sean Caulfield, Jude Griebel, Jill Ho-You, Heather Huston, and Bradley Necyk, this collaborative interdisciplinary exploration draws together the voices of patients, health care practitioners, and researchers with artists' empathic visualizations to offer a more holistic--more human--understanding of cancer treatment and its aftermath. Art-Medicine Collaborative Practice is an important book for scholars, practitioners, and students in health professions and medical humanities, as well as artists, arts-based researchers, and those interested in the areas of health and visual communication and knowledge translation. Contributors: Ingrid Bachmann, Pamela Brett-MacLean, Sean Caulfield, Kimberly Flowers, Jude Griebel, Bahaa Harmouche, Jill Ho-You, Heather Huston, Bernie Krewski, Lianne McTavish, Suresh Nayar, Bradley Necyk, Leslie O'Connor-Parsons, Kyle Terrence, Helen Vallianatos, Minn N. Yoon.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Medicine, health and fitness
    Original Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta , University of Alberta Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    1772124788

    ,

    9781772124781

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DC Contributor

Brett-MacLean, Pamela

McTavish, Lianne

Abstract

In its fusion of essays and artwork, Art-Medicine Collaborative Practice helps readers understand the lived realities of individuals with head and neck cancer. Featuring compelling original art from Ingrid Bachmann, Sean Caulfield, Jude Griebel, Jill Ho-You, Heather Huston, and Bradley Necyk, this collaborative interdisciplinary exploration draws together the voices of patients, health care practitioners, and researchers with artists' empathic visualizations to offer a more holistic--more human--understanding of cancer treatment and its aftermath. Art-Medicine Collaborative Practice is an important book for scholars, practitioners, and students in health professions and medical humanities, as well as artists, arts-based researchers, and those interested in the areas of health and visual communication and knowledge translation. Contributors: Ingrid Bachmann, Pamela Brett-MacLean, Sean Caulfield, Kimberly Flowers, Jude Griebel, Bahaa Harmouche, Jill Ho-You, Heather Huston, Bernie Krewski, Lianne McTavish, Suresh Nayar, Bradley Necyk, Leslie O'Connor-Parsons, Kyle Terrence, Helen Vallianatos, Minn N. Yoon.

Genre
Canadian nonfiction
Medicine, health and fitness
Publisher (Source)

Edmonton, Alberta

University of Alberta Press

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