Medical Humanities in the Nordics
Abstract
In recent years, researchers in the Nordic countries have increasingly come to adopt the label “medical humanities” to describe existing academic turfs on the intersections of health, culture, and society, and to bring forth new initiatives to engage with medicine from a theoretical and socio-cultural viewpoint and build collaboration with colleagues in biomedicine. Increasingly, the designation has proven to be useful in communicating to funders, university boards, and across faculties the potential of such interdisciplinary work. This is shown not least in how there are now several centers, research groups, and educational initiatives across the Nordics that use the term.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Empathy and Medical Education
Health and Medical Research Impacts
Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Medical Humanities
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1–6
- Publication date
- 7 January 2026
- Language
- EN