Medical Education, Politics and Social Justice - The Contradiction Cure

This book critically analyses how politics and power affect the ways that medicine is taught and learned. Challenging society’s historic reluctance to connect the realm of politics to the realm of medicine, Medical Education, Politics and Social Justice: The Contradiction Cure emphasizes the need for medical students to engage with social justice issues, including global health crises resulting from the climate emergency, and the health implications of widening social inequality. Arguing for an increased focus on community-based learning, rather than acute care, this innovative text maps the territory of medicine’s contradictory engagement with politics as a springboard for creative curriculum design. It demonstrates why the socially disempowered - such as political and climate refugees, the homeless, or those without health insurance should be primary subjects of attention for medical students, while exploring how political engagement can be refined, sharp, cultivated and creative, engaging imagination and demanding innovation Exploring how the medical humanities can promote engagement with politics to improve medical education, this book is a ground-breaking and inspiring contribution. It is an essential read for all those with a focus on medical education and medical humanities, as well as medical and healthcare students with an interest in the social determinants of health.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Advances in the Medical Humanities
Release date:	May 2023
First published:	2021
Authors:	Alan Bleakley
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Pages:	242
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-69927-7
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-367-69927-3
Barcode:	9780367699277

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