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This is the first manifesto for Health Humanities worldwide. It sets out the context for this emergent and innovative field which extends beyond Medical Humanities to advance the inclusion and impact of the arts and humanities in healthcare, health and well-being.

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Acknowledgements 1. Health Humanities 2. Anthropology and the Study of Culture 3. Applied Literature 4. Narrative and Applied Linguistics 5. Performing Arts and the Aesthetics of Health 6. Visual Art and Transformation 7. Practice Based Evidence: Delivering Humanities into Health Care 8. Creative Practice as Mutual Recovery Concluding Remarks Bibliography

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"Health Humanities provides a very valuable survey of the ways in which arts and humanities have historically contributed in the improvement of healthcare practices both in the UK and throughout the world. As a manifesto calling for the expansion of a new discipline, it clearly highlights unexplored areas of interest for future academic studies as well as potential spaces of engagement for healthcare practitioners interested in potential new approaches to health and care." (Mathieu Donner, The British Society for Literature and Science, bsls.ac.uk, July, 2017)

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Paul Crawford is Professor of Health Humanities at University of Nottingham, UK.

Brian Brown is Professor of Health Communication at De Montfort University, UK.

Charley Baker is Lecturer in Mental Health at University of Nottingham, UK.

Victoria Tischler is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at University of the Arts London, UK.

Brian Abrams is Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music Therapy at Montclair State University, USA.

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