Literature and Medicine

Catalog description

Literature and Medicine considers how patients, doctors, and health care professionals write poetry, memoir, and fiction about health, wellness, illness, death, dying and suffering. It particularly considers how race, class, gender, sexuality, and disability influence the stories that are told. Projects can include writing narratives of our own encounters with the health care system, profiling doctors and other healthcare professionals, and community-engaged learning with community partners who are dedicated to health care.