Medical Humanities Section

Medical Humanities

To provide a forum for ACEP members interested in fine arts, literature, the humanities research, and the humanistic social sciences. To promote the utilization of literature, arts and the humanities in the instruction of emergency physicians. To promote the medical humanities as a source and means of lifelong learning for emergency physicians.

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October 1, 2025

The Miniature Doubts We Cradle

On her way to San Francisco General, Abigail bites her fingernails. Two tattered N95s lie in the passenger seat—the hospital ran out of masks a month ago. The emergency room smells like death. Her fir...

October 1, 2025

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October 1, 2025

From the Editor - October 2025

A message from the Editor, Iyesatta Massaquoi Emeli, MD, MPH, FACEP, October 2025.

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Section of Medical Humanities Writing and Visual Arts Awards

The Section of Medical Humanities is soliciting submissions for its seventeenth annual Writing Awards.

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