Literature & Medicine is a national award-winning reading and discussion program for health care professionals that, as one participant writes, “renews the heart and soul of health care.”
...to learn about Literature & Medicine’s growing presence in Veterans Administration hospitals...our plans for the future...notes from our After Shock: Humanities Perspectives on Trauma conference...great books to consider for your discussion group...
Echoes of War: A Literature & Medicine Anthology includes poetry, essays and short stories that raise issues particularly relevant to health care professionals who care for veterans.
Imagine What It’s Like: A Literature and Medicine Anthology contains a wide range and large number of selections as well as useful commentary by the editor.
Hear talks and presentations by speakers at national Literature & Medicine conferences
Participants between 2005 and 2008 reported a great or medium increase in:
| empathy for patients | 79% |
| interpersonal skills | 64% |
| communication skills | 58% |
| job satisfaction | 62% |
| cultural awareness | 67% |
Read the report by program evaluator Dr. Bruce Clary of the Muskie School of Public Service.
Literature & Medicine has reached hundreds of providers, staff members, administrators and policy makers in health care facilities across the country, affecting the care of thousands of patients. The program started in Maine and now has involved a total of 25 states: AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, HI, IL, MD, MA, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, RI, SC, SD, UT, VT, VA...and now Argentina!
