The Association of Medical Humanities Annual Conference 2014: The Art of Compassion. (360G-Wellcome-105314_Z_14_Z)
The Association for Medical Humanities (AMH) aims to progress the international culture of medical/ health humanities through research, scholarship and practice. Medical humanities include: (i) the use of the arts and humanities in medical/ healthcare practice and education, (ii) academic studies of the body in illness and health, and of medicine and healthcare, in historical, cultural and social contexts. Activities include an annual conference and the Association is linked to the BMJ Group jou rnal Medical Humanities. The annual conference provides an international interdisciplinary forum to exchange research, teaching, science and arts based enquiry into the medical humanities. This meeting will be the 11th conference of the AMH and hosted for the first time at Southampton. Previous conferences have been funded by the Wellcome Trust. Each conference takes a different theme and this year's theme is, The Art of Compassion, which aims to facilitate interdisciplinary exploration of me dical humanities within the context of medical education and patient care after the Francis report. Objectives are to share the extent to which medical humanities can generate understanding and maximise its potential to transform medical practice. Diverse speakers, papers and workshops will consider the nature of compassion from historical, philosophical, cultural and global perspectives
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Grant Details
| Amount Awarded | 5000 |
| Applicant Surname | Turner |
| Approval Committee | ERG11 Society and Ethics |
| Award Date | 2014-06-23T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Financial Year | 2013/14 |
| Grant Programme: Title | Small grant in H&SS |
| Internal ID | 105314/Z/14/Z |
| Lead Applicant | Ms Linda Turner |
| Partnership Value | 5000 |
| Planned Dates: End Date | 2015-01-06T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Start Date | 2014-07-07T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Recipient Org: Country | United Kingdom |
| Region | South East |