2012 International Symposium on Poetry and Medicine
Saturday 12th May 2012
Symposium venue: Henry Wellcome Lecture Theatre, Wellcome Collection
215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, United Kingdom

Call for Papers

Submissions are welcome for oral or poster presentation during the Symposium.
Email the Symposium Office to express interest in submitting a Symposium
Abstract.

Oral abstract deadline - 12midnight GMT - 12th February 2012
Poster abstract deadline - 12midnight GMT - 31st March 2012

Key themes will include:

history of interactions between medicine, health and poetry; impact of
health and disease on the writings of the professional poet; poetry as
therapy; the nature of the body, and anatomy; the history, evolution,
current and future state of medical science; the nature and experience of
tests; use of poetry in health professional training, the experience of
doctors, nurses and other staff in hospitals and in the community; the
experience of patients, families, friends and carers in these situations;
the experiences of acute and long-term illness and dying, of birth, of
cure and convalescence; the patient journey; the nature and experience of
treatment with herbs, chemicals and devices used in medicine.

The Symposium will end with awards for the 2012 Hippocrates Prize for
Poetry and Medicine.


http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/research/csri/research/cpt/poetry/symp/