PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sarah Moss
TI  - On fiction, art and medicine
AID  - 10.1136/medhum-2014-010615
DP  - 2014 Dec 01
TA  - Medical Humanities
PG  - 142--144
VI  - 40
IP  - 2
4099  - http://mh.bmj.com/content/40/2/142.short
4100  - http://mh.bmj.com/content/40/2/142.full
SO  - J Med Humanit2014 Dec 01; 40
AB  - This is a deliberately eclectic and eccentric meditation on some of the connections between writing fiction, academic research in the history of medicine and the practice of medicine. The essay discusses creativity in research and writing, suggesting comparisons with the instincts of experienced clinicians, and explains the author's interest in women's entry to the medical profession. There is the suggestion of parallels between artists’ models and surgical patients in late 19th century British culture.