<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Health Humanities draws upon the multiple and expanding fields of enquiry that link health and social care disciplines with the arts and humanities. It aims to encourage innovation and novel cross-disciplinary explorations of how the arts and humanities can inform and transform healthcare, health and wellbeing among researchers, practitioners and the public. It foregrounds a range of scholarship and innovative practice in this field. Through the development of critique and critical theory, it enables readers to question not only current practice in medical and health humanities but also foundational assumptions of healthcare, health and wellbeing. Suitable for students and scholars working in this exciting interdisciplinary field, this book sets out the context for an emergent and innovative field"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This is the first manifesto for Health Humanities worldwide. It sets out the context for this emergent and innovative field which extends beyond Medical Humanities to advance the inclusion and impact of the arts and humanities in healthcare, health and well-being.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Health Humanities provides a very valuable survey of the ways in which arts and humanities have historically contributed in the improvement of healthcare practices both in the UK and throughout the world. As a manifesto calling for the expansion of a new discipline, it clearly highlights unexplored areas of interest for future academic studies as well as potential spaces of engagement for healthcare practitioners interested in potential new approaches to health and care." (Mathieu Donner, The British Society for Literature and Science, bsls.ac.uk, July, 2017) </p><p><br/></p><br><br>"The broad-ranging expertise of the authors contributing to this volume ensures that many different literatures are brought to bear on furthering the interest of the humanities and arts across health care education. In all, this is an important volume." Rick Iedema, University of Tasmania, Australia<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Paul Crawford is Professor of Health Humanities at University of Nottingham, UK. <br/> <br/>Brian Brown is Professor of Health Communication at De Montfort University, UK. <br/> <br/>Charley Baker is Lecturer in Mental Health at University of Nottingham, UK. <br/> <br/>Victoria Tischler is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at University of the Arts London, UK. <br/> <br/>Brian Abrams is Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music Therapy at Montclair State University, USA.