Medicine Unboxed
Medicine Unboxed is a project arising from a view that good medicine demands more than scientific and technical expertise, and that it necessitates ethical judgment, an understanding of human experience, empathy, professionalism and wisdom. History Medicine Unboxed is a not-for-profit organisation that has held ten international conferences (Unboxing Medicine, 2009; Stories, Language and Medicine, 2010; Medicine and Values, 2011; Belief, 2012; Voice, 2013; Frontiers, 2014; Mortality, 2015; Wonder, 2016; MAPS, 2017; LOVE, 2018) in Cheltenham, UK. The aim of Medicine Unboxed is to explore understanding medicine through the arts and humanities and engage the public and front-line National Health Service staff with a view of medicine that is infused and elaborated by the humanitiesand promote dialogue about the goals and values of medicine within society. Contributors to the conferences include artists, writers, the clergy, poets, philosophers, lawyers, linguists, musicians, ethicists, academics and doctors. Medicine Unboxed is curated by Dr. Sam Guglani, Consultant Oncologist at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which supports the organisation, along with the Wellcome Trust and The Arts Council. The Creative Director is Peter Thomas. Its advisors are Dr. Sean Elyan and Dame Janet Trotter and its patrons are Jo Shapcott and Raymond Tallis. Medicine Unboxed has