Theatre in Health and Care

Article Type: Recent publications From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 24, Issue 1

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Emma BrodzinskiPalgrave MacmillanAugust 2010ISBN: 978-1-403997-08-1

Keywords: Medical personnel, Health education, Health care

Theatre in Health and Care examines theatre practice that takes place within a range of health and care settings, from medical training to advocacy projects for service users. Drawing on a range of case studies, the book provides insights into working practices as well as posing critical questions in relation to the field. The book is ideal for students, lecturers,arts and health practitioners and those with a more general interest in how the arts may be applied to health and care.

Contents include:

• Introduction: theatre in health and care: a developing field.

• Embodied spaces: theatre in health institutions.

• Specialist knowledge: theatre and health education.

• “But I already have a voice … ”: ventriloquism, theatre and the healthy citizen.

• Superficial wounds: the problems and possibilities of medical simulation.

• Concluding thoughts.