Paul Crawford is Professor of Health Humanities at University of Nottingham, UK.   Brian Brown is Professor of Health Communication at De Montfort University, UK.   Charley Baker is Lecturer in Mental Health at University of Nottingham, UK.   Victoria Tischler is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at University of the Arts London, UK.   Brian Abrams is Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music Therapy at Montclair State University, USA.

• Acknowledgements 1. Health Humanities 2. Anthropology and the Study of Culture 3. Applied Literature 4. Narrative and Applied Linguistics 5. Performing Arts and the Aesthetics of Health 6. Visual Art and Transformation 7. Practice Based Evidence: Delivering Humanities into Health Care 8. Creative Practice as Mutual Recovery Concluding Remarks Bibliography

"The broad-ranging expertise of the authors contributing to this volume ensures that many different literatures are brought to bear on furthering the interest of the humanities and arts across health care education. In all, this is an important volume." Rick Iedema, University of Tasmania, Australia