A Hole in the Heart: confronting the drive for evidence-based impact research in arts in health (2011)
Journal Article
Raw, A., Lewis, S., Russell, A., & Macnaughton, J. (2012). A Hole in the Heart: confronting the drive for evidence-based impact research in arts in health. Arts and Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 4(2), 97-108. https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2011.619991

The field of arts and health, and associated academic discussion, is beset by a number of interlinked challenges which make it vulnerable to academic dismissal or, at best, poor visibility. One of these is a preoccupation with developing an evidence... Read More about A Hole in the Heart: confronting the drive for evidence-based impact research in arts in health.

Medical humanities’ challenge to medicine (2011)
Journal Article
Macnaughton, J. (2011). Medical humanities’ challenge to medicine. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 17(5), 927-932. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01728.x

Medicine is predicated on a view of human nature that is highly positivist and atomistic. This is apparent in the way in which its students are taught, clinical consultations are structured and medical evidence is generated. The field of medical huma... Read More about Medical humanities’ challenge to medicine.