RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 ‘A higher form of listening’: a commentary on ‘the human bodies of World War II: beyond the battlefield’ JF Medical Humanities JO J Med Humanit FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics SP medhum-2019-011676 DO 10.1136/medhum-2019-011676 A1 Emily Mayhew YR 2020 UL http://mh.bmj.com/content/early/2020/06/24/medhum-2019-011676.abstract AB This issue’s interdisciplinary range parallels the generative multidisciplinary scope in the developing field of medical humanities. A closely detailed and empathic interdisciplinary analysis of physical and mental injury can offer additional historical and cultural resources to medical practitioners, thus broadening potential patient treatment options beyond institutional and disciplinary boundaries.