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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.
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