The science of geography, also literally called in Arabic "faces and slices of earth", involves a kind of land survey which emerged into Islam. There were several factors contributing to geography such as command of Islam to learning, Quran geographical themes, pilgrimage routes and wide-range Muslim conquests. This article attempted to examine two major schools of geography in the Isl...

juxtapositioning of chapters concerned with the work of two prominent German contributors-Adolf Muhry (Chapter 5) and his critic, August Hirsch (Chapter 6). The remaining thematic sections of the volume examine two very different dimensions of the history of medical geography. 'Colonial discourses' deals with health-related perceptions of place, variously from the popular perspective of migrant...

While there has been much interest in the apparent benefits of empathy in improving outcomes of medical care, there is continuing concern over the philosophical nature of empathy. We suggest that part of the difficulty in coming to terms with empathy is due to the modernist dichotomies that have structured Western medical discourse, such that doctor and patient, knower and known, cognitive and ...

BACKGROUND Physicians and medical educators have repeatedly acknowledged the inadequacy of communication skills training in the medical school curriculum and opportunities to improve these skills in practice. This study of a controlled intervention evaluates the effect of teaching practicing physicians the skill of "agenda-setting" on patients' experiences with care. The agenda-setting interven...

Little-known scientific facts related to the circumstances of writing and defending dissertation for Medico-Surgical Academy Eduard Blaschke entitled "Medical topography Novo-Arkhangelsk port, main Russian settlement in North America were considered. Medical topographic descriptions various territories settlements Empire numerous 18th19th centuries, but studies this kind are rare. The authors a...

Donald Albert (co-Editor-in-Chief) from Sam Houston State University and Dhitinut Ratnapradipa (Associate Editor) Creighton participated in the 19th International Medical Symposium Geography (IMGS) June 19-June 24, 2022, Edinburgh, Scotland. The event operated out of Royal College Surgeons located Old Town Edinburgh. This historic venue provided an appropriate setting to contemplate patterns he...