Medical Humanities Corner

Welcome to the Medical Humanities online corner at Alumni Medical Library!

If you are interested in the topic of Medical Humanities we hope that this page will offer you a starting point to explore the intersections and influences between the practice of medicine and humanities. The field of Medical Humanities is an interdisciplinary study which includes traditional and non-traditional approaches to the relationships between medicine and literature, arts, history, anthropology, religion, philosophy and ethics that go back into antiquity. The history of medical humanities is in itself a fascinating topic that highlights the intellectual and spiritual contexts of medicine in all cultures.

We welcome your contributions and ideas!

There are hundreds if not thousands of useful resources available online that can help you navigate a vast amount of background information about the medical humanities. Don’t hesitate to stop by the Reference Desk or schedule a consultation appointment with a reference librarian to brainstorm ideas and develop an effective search strategy. In the meantime, you can begin by checking out these resources that we’ve picked for you:

• Medical Humanities Subject Guide
• Countway Library of Medicine: Center for the History of Medicine
• Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Historical Society
• BU Medical Humanities Student Group

Trivia Question:

Can you guess these two doctors? [mouse over images to see answer]

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