Dr. Michael Blackie is a Health Humanities educator at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. His scholarly and teaching interests include health humanities, narrative medicine, death studies, and medical education. Dr. Blackie has an extensive background in Health Humanities. Before coming to UIC in 2017, he co-directed the Center for Literature and Medicine and…
Month: April 2021
According to the Center for Diseases Control (CDC), health equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to “attain his or her full health potential” and no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.” Health Equity in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic The CDC…
An article by Niels Lynøe et al. examines the patient-staff relationship following an incident where a 39-year old cancer patient published information on her treatment and effects. The dissatisfied patient shared her experience of asking for a new, expensive treatment option. However, she turned into patient blogging when the healthcare staff did not attain her…
