Health Humanities

The program aims to enrich our understanding of the subjective experiences of health, illness, and disability within social and cultural contexts.

[Health Humanities @uichhp]

Missed the Begando Lecture? Watch it here!
Keith Wailoo: The Politics of Pain: Medicine, Social Difference, and the Gatekeepers of Relief in America
https://t.co/EX17gRsIBO

[CMSC @UICOM_CMSC]

Join the UICOM Gold Humanism Honor Society for Solidarity Week, focusing on compassion in healthcare!

[Health Humanities @uichhp]

1. Upload the cover of a book, do not say why.
2. Nominate 6 people.
@hekint @UIC_HCOE @MedHums_BMJ @DrWayneJonas @BodiesOfWork @Chi_Humanities
3.Mention who nominated you. @LHS_Chicago
4. Hashtag #booksandfriends

[Health Humanities @uichhp]

"What are pediatricians for? Negotiating rival visions of
what good medicine entails with respect to pediatrics"

UIC Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds
12:00 PM
Friday, January 5, 2018
1020 COMRB, 909 S. Wolcott (Moss Auditorium)

[Hektoen International @hekint]

50 years ago,on 3 December1967, Dr.#ChristiaanBarnard performed the first #hearttransplant at the #GrooteSchuur Hospital in South Africa’s Cape Town.The recipient lived 18 days before dying of pneumonia https://t.co/8zBc5ekhTS

[Hektoen International @hekint]

Clemente Michelangelo Susini 1754-1814 was an Italian sculptor famous for his wax anatomical models representing dissected corpses that could be used to teach anatomy

[Health Humanities @uichhp]

Poetry workshop today at 5pm in 200A, Library of the Health Sciences! Take a break and join us for some poetry reading and writing. @LHS_Chicago @PoetryFound

[Hektoen International @hekint]

More works by Nicolas Henri Jacob (1782-1871), French illustrator and author of lithograph plates for a popular anatomy atlas

[University of Illinois College of Medicine @uiccom]

Make a gift to UIC on #GivingTuesday and see how it’s contributing to the day’s total giving at https://t.co/vq0myz6jr7 #IGNITEGivingTuesday

[UIC News @UICnews]

New #UIC research center will investigate how social structures and determinants contribute to the health of marginalized groups. https://t.co/JGmxcaHUw7

[CMSC @UICOM_CMSC]

Hot off the press! CMSC is excited to announce our 2nd edition of The Medical Messenger written by and for medical students @uiccom. Check it out here: https://t.co/yVQLjkOfy8

[UIC LHS-Chicago @LHS_Chicago]

Stop by @LHS_Chicago tonight for some ~spooky~ poetry, sponsored by @uichhp! 5-7 in room 200A! 🍁🎃📔

[Bellevue Literary Review @BLReview]

'It's time to recognise the contribution arts can make to health and wellbeing' https://t.co/BN8cS7Ug4X

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

DECLARATION OF GENEVA 2017
AS A MEMBER OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
MY PATIENT'S WELL-BEING WILL BE MY #1 CONSIDERATION
https://t.co/XtUcn2gLux

[MedHums_BMJ @MedHums_BMJ]

Write for us! Upcoming for 2018, we are looking for #history, #narrative, #culture, on topics like #epidemic, #globalhealth #gender & more

[Health Humanities @uichhp]

Dr. Nancy Lopez speaks today on east campus. Join us tomorrow at 2pm as she speaks about health disparities in COMWT 106. @uiccom @uicdme

[Hektoen International @hekint]

"The question remains whether ugliness is perceived differently in the context of medicine from that in art."
https://t.co/6ZQ4E1pKBE

[Health Humanities @uichhp]

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[Vox @voxdotcom]

The House will vote on a 20-week abortion ban today. Opponents say it's "basically relying on junk science." https://t.co/eC3Q6jwIXh

[Med Anthro Theory @MedAnthroTheory]

‘White man’s disease’ American Indian AIDS conspiracy theories and the refusal of synthesis, by Gilley & Pfeiffer https://t.co/HCoUsruJkW