The Russian Medical Humanities - Past, Present, and Future (Hardcover)

For the first time in English, The Russian Medical Humanities: Past and Present argues that the medical humanities is a vibrant and emerging field in Post-Soviet Russia. In a unique collaboration that brings together diverse experts from both Russia and America, this volume showcases the Russian medical humanities as an interdisciplinary project that combines insights from philosophy, bioethics, anthropology, history, and literature in order to provide more compassionate medical care to patients in the twenty-first century. The chapters in this volume explore past and present humanistic trends in Russian medical training, as well as examine how Russian authors and cultural figures, some physician-writers, some without professional background in medicine of any kind, have positioned healthy and ailing bodies in their creative work. This volume's contributors, who range from literary scholars, educators, translators and poets to medical historians, librarians, museum curators, and social workers, provide empathetic insight into the experience of medical encounters which all cultures grapple with. Their work will prove useful not only to current and future health practitioners, but also to a broader audience of readers who are seeking to make compassionate and informed decisions about healthcare for their loved ones and for themselves.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2021
Editors:	Konstantin Starikov • Melissa L. Miller
Contributors:	Angela Brintlinger • Jehanne Gheith • Maria P. Kuzybaeva • Jonathan McFarland • Melissa L. Miller • Evgeniya L. Panova • Konstantin Starikov • Maria S. Tutorskaya
Dimensions:	227 x 160 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	214
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-9215-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > History > History of other lands Promotions
LSN:	1-4985-9215-5
Barcode:	9781498592154

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