Includes bibliographical references and index

From Reading to Healing: An Introduction from the Clinical Perspective / Susan Stagno -- From Reading to Healing: An Introduction from a Health Humanities Perspective / Michael Blackie

Part I: The Humanities in Medical Education: Some Key Texts : -- Why Analyze a Sonnet?: Avoiding Presumption through Close Reading / Devon Madon -- The Ethics of Reading: Close Encounters / Jane Gallop -- Medicine and the Silent Oracle: An Exercise in Uncertainty / Catherine Belling -- Reflecting on "Perspective Shift" / Daniel Shapiro -- Occasional Notes: Medical Ethics and Living a Life / Robert Coles -- The Wonders of Literature in Medical Education / Joanne Trautmann

Part II: Boundaries : -- On Both Sides of the Stethoscope: Teaching Professional Boundaries in Medical Education / Julie Aultman -- Toenails / Richard Selzer -- Professionalism in the Practice of Psychotherapy / Kelly Fiore, Robert Dicker, Sailaja Akella, Pamela Hoffman -- A Novel Approach to Narrative-Based Professionalism: The Literature Classroom in Medical Education / Pamela Schaff, Erika Wright -- "Playing God" / Susan Stagno

Part III: Empathy and Respect : -- Below the Surface: A "Most Beautiful" Understanding / Aparna Atluru, Michael Laney, Tianyi Du -- The Most Beautiful Woman in Town / Charles Bukowski -- "Do You Always Swear at Your Patients?": Teaching Professionalism Using Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Speckled Rash" / Clayton J. Baker -- The Speckled Rash / Mikhail Bulgakov -- Reign over Me: A Film Resource for Reflecting on Themes Related to Grief, Meaning, and Professionalism in Healthcare / Pamela Brett-MacLean, Louanne Keenan, David Kelner -- Teaching Literature and Professionalism: Course Design, Texts, and Didactic Approaches / Anne Johnson, Adam Brenner -- The Lady, or the Tiger? / Frank Stockton -- "Death Is Here, and I Am Thinking of an Appendix!": On Rereading "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" / Abraham M. Nussbaum -- The Death of Ivan Ilyich / Leo Kikolayevich Tolstoy -- Bed Controls: Narrative Ethics and Professional Identity / Rebecca Garden -- "Okay, So I'm in This Bed" / Tony Grammaglia

Part IV: Authority and Duty : -- The Mustard Seed and the Poison Arrow: Using Religious Literature to Teach Professionalism in Medicine / Tara Flanagan -- The Mustard Seed -- Parable of the Poisoned Arrow -- How an Effort to Understand an Enigmatic Literary Text Can Translate into Our Practice of Medicine / Sara Pawlowski -- Unpacking Physician Behavior in "The Use of Force" by William Carlos Williams / Allan Peterkin -- The Use of Force / William Carlos Williams -- Challenging the Orthodoxy of "Perfection" / Linda Raphael -- The Birthmark / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Book of the Grotesque / Sherwood Anderson -- Assisting Medical Students in the Creation of a Class Oath Using Comics / Michael Redinger, Cheryl Dickson, Elizabeth Lorbeer -- Literature and Psychiatry / Lloyd A. Wells

Part V: Stigma : -- Structural Violence, HIV/AIDS, and the Use of Narrative Medicine to Examine Individual and Collective Storytelling / Samantha Barrick, Rosa Lee -- Structural Violence and Clinical Medicine / Paul Farmer, Bruce Nizeye, Sara Stulac, Salmaan Keshavjee -- Narcissism and Empathy in Flaubert's Madame Bovery / Kelly Fiore -- Speechless: Shame, Stigma, and Professionalism in David Sedaris's "Go Carolina" / Lisa Kerr Dunn

Part VI: Truth-Telling and Communication : -- Listen to My Tale: Frankenstein and Physician-Patient Disagreements / Clayton J. Baker, Sarah Berry, Stephani Brown Clark -- Latin American Literature, the Hispanic Patient, and Professionalism in Healthcare / Anne Stachura -- The Youngest Doll / Rosario Fere, Diana Velez -- Peyo Mercé and the Dietician / Abelardo Diaz Alfaro -- Connections in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Using Reflective Writing to Engage in Providing Healthcare to Women / Abigail Ford Winkel, Lauren Mitchell, Stephanie Blank

Part VII: Conclusion-Cautionary Words : -- Disorderly Conduct: Calling Out the Hidden Curriculum(s) of Professionalism / Delese Wear, Joseph Zarconi, Rebecca Garden

Learning how to behave and engage professionally can be one of the most challenging parts of embarking on a career in the medical field. This expansive anthology demonstrates how medical professionals can powerfully engage with their students through a variety of literary texts for discussion and inspiration