{"product_id":"medical-education-politics-and-social-justice-paperback-softback","title":"Medical Education, Politics and Social Justice - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book critically analyses how politics and power affect the ways that medicine is taught and learned. Challenging society’s historic reluctance to connect the realm of politics to the realm of medicine, \u003ci\u003eMedical Education, Politics and Social Justice: The Contradiction Cure\u003c\/i\u003e emphasizes the need for medical students to engage with social justice issues, including global health crises resulting from the climate emergency, and the health implications of widening social inequality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArguing for an increased focus on community-based learning, rather than acute care, this innovative text maps the territory of medicine’s contradictory engagement with politics as a springboard for creative curriculum design. It demonstrates why the socially disempowered - such as political and climate refugees, the homeless, or those without health insurance should be primary subjects of attention for medical students, while exploring how political engagement can be refined, sharp, cultivated and creative, engaging imagination and demanding innovation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring how the medical humanities can promote engagement with politics to improve medical education, this book is a ground-breaking and inspiring contribution. It is an essential read for all those with a focus on medical education and medical humanities, as well as medical and healthcare students with an interest in the social determinants of health.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45566341087470,"sku":"9780367699277","price":65.59,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/medical-education-politics-and-social-justice-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}