Written by a selection of established and emerging scholars in the field, this volume embraces a breadth and range of methodological approaches to highlight not only developments in well-established areas of debate, but also tracing newly emerging areas of investigation, such as graphic medicine, new methodological approaches to the medical humanities, and the value of the humanities in medical education.

Introduction 1. Critical Conversations: Establishing Dialogue in the Medical Humanities Victoria Bates and Sam Goodman Section 1: The Medical Humanities: Britain and Beyond 2. Towards a 'Critical Medical Humanities' Alan Bleakley 3. Oh, The Humanit(Ies)!': Dissent, Democracy, and Danger Therese Jones Section 2: Visual Arts 4. Medicine and the Visual Arts Ludmilla Jordanova 5. Graphic Medicine: The Portrayal of Illness in Underground and Autobiographical Comics Ian C. M. Williams 6. Art in Medical Education: Practice and Dialogue M. L. A. Younie Section 3: Literature and Writing 7. The Medical Humanities: A Literary Perspective Anne Whitehead 8. Reinterpreting the Wound of Philoctetes: A Case Study in Literature and Medicine Patricia Novillo-Corvalán 9. The Heart of the Matter: Creating Meaning in Health and Medicine through Writing Fiona Hamilton Section 4: Performance 10. Performance Anxiety: The Relationship between Social and Aesthetic Drama in Medicine and Health Emma Brodzinski 11. Theatre, Performance and 'The Century of the Brain': Influences of Cognitive Neuroscience on Professional Theatre Practice Jessica M. Beck 12. Medical Humanities, Drama, Therapy, Schools and Evidence: Discourses and Practices Phil Jones Section 5: Music 13. Music, Therapy and Technology: An Opinion Piece Paul Robertson 14. The Impact of Cochlear Implants on Musical Experience Zack Moir and Katie Overy 15. The Development of Clinical Music Therapy in Adult Mental Health Practice: Music, Health and Therapy Helen Odell-Miller Appendix: Timeline of the Medical Humanities