Brian Hurwitz
Print versionBA (Cambridge), MB BS, MA, MSc, MD (London), FRCP (Royal College of Physicians), FRCGP (Royal College of General Practitioners), D’Oyly Carte Professor of Medicine and the Arts
I am an inner London general medical practitioner and D’Oyly Carte Chair of Medicine and the Arts at KCL based in the Department of English. I am also a member of the Health and Social Care Research Division of the Medical School. My research interests encompass clinical medicine and narrative studies in relation to medical practice, ethics, law and the literary form of case reports. I am a member of the Steering Advisory Board of the Centre for Life-Writing Research at King’s and with Neil Vickers convene and teach on the UK’s first masters programme in Literature and Medicine. Together with Max Saunders I am convening the 2007-08 King’s Life Writing seminars on Medical Lives and coordinating sub project-2 of ACUME-2, a European Thematic Network examining interfaces between arts, humanities and the sciences Ethics and Law in Medicine at the University of Sydney (see http://www.cvelim.org/index.html).
My books include: Clinical Guidelines and the Law (1998), Narrative-Based Medicine: Dialogue and Discourse in Clinical Practice (with P Greenhalgh (1998) translated into Italian, German and Japanese editions and Narrative Research In Health and Illness (with P Greenhalgh and V Skultans (2004) which is currently being translated into Japanese. I am also the series editor of Medical Ethics – a Living Literature, three bioethical novels by Hazel McHaffie: Vacant Possession, Paternity, Double Trouble. http://www.mchaffie.f9.co.uk/ (2005)
In the past few years I have given keynote talks in a wide variety of international academic fora (see below), including the Centre for the Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Cambridge UK; the Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK; Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia; Hong Kong University, Hong Kong; Columbia University, NYC, the University of North Carolina, North Carolina and the State University of New York, Syracuse, USA; Monash University’s European Campus, Prato, Italy.
I have published a hundred or so papers in medical journals and my other books include NICE, CHI and the NHS Reforms: Enabling Excellence or Imposing Control? (with Miles A and Hampton J R (2000)), Clinical Governance (with Miles A and Hill A (2001)), and Key Advances in the Care of Parkinson’s Disease (with Findley L and Miles A (2004)). From 2004-06, I was a member of the Parkinson’s Disease Guideline Development Group of the National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions (for NICE UK), which drafted Parkinson’s disease: National clinical guideline for diagnosis and management in primary and secondary care (2006). I am currently working with Paquita de Zulueta on a medical ethics text for primary care health professionals, Everyday Ethics for GPs, and have recently completed editing Medical Mistakes, Violations and Patient Safety with Aziz Sheikh (to be published by Blackwells in 2008).
The Unit of Medicine and the Arts collaborates with medics, literary scholars, playwrights, novelists, bioethicists and visual artists and has received collaborative awards from the Leverhulme Foundation, the Arts Council England, the Arts and Humanities Research Council UK, the Office of Science and Technology and Novartis Pharmaceuticals. It is currently undertaking projects with the BBC World Service Drama and Y-Touring. Further information about its activities can be found at:
• http://www.kcl.ac.uk/hums/landm/
• http://www.amh.ac.uk/amh_conference_2006.htm
• https://kcl.ac.uk/phpnews/wmview.php?ArtID=861
During 2001-07, the last RAE period, my academic activities have included the following:
In the past few years I have given keynote talks in a wide variety of international academic fora (see below), including the Centre for the Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Cambridge UK; the Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK; Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia; Hong Kong University, Hong Kong; Columbia University, NYC, the University of North Carolina, North Carolina and the State University of New York, Syracuse, USA; Monash University’s European Campus, Prato, Italy.
I have published a hundred or so papers in medical journals and my other books include NICE, CHI and the NHS Reforms: Enabling Excellence or Imposing Control? (with Miles A and Hampton J R (2000)), Clinical Governance (with Miles A and Hill A (2001)), and Key Advances in the Care of Parkinson’s Disease (with Findley L and Miles A (2004)). From 2004-06, I was a member of the Parkinson’s Disease Guideline Development Group of the National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions (for NICE UK), which drafted Parkinson’s disease: National clinical guideline for diagnosis and management in primary and secondary care (2006). I am currently working with Paquita de Zulueta on a medical ethics text for primary care health professionals, Everyday Ethics for GPs, and have recently completed editing Medical Mistakes, Violations and Patient Safety with Aziz Sheikh (to be published by Blackwells in 2008).
The Unit of Medicine and the Arts collaborates with medics, literary scholars, playwrights, novelists, bioethicists and visual artists and has received collaborative awards from the Leverhulme Foundation, the Arts Council England, the Arts and Humanities Research Council UK, the Office of Science and Technology and Novartis Pharmaceuticals. It is currently undertaking projects with the BBC World Service Drama and Y-Touring. Further information about its activities can be found at:
• http://www.kcl.ac.uk/hums/landm/
• http://www.amh.ac.uk/amh_conference_2006.htm
• https://kcl.ac.uk/phpnews/wmview.php?ArtID=861
During 2001-07, the last RAE period, my academic activities have included the following:
Grants
2002
£10,000 from Leverhulme Foundation, for playwright, Clare Luckham, to become artist in residence in the Dept of English at King’s, to research and write a play about ethnicity and medical education in London. (J Stokes, B Hurwitz and K Rabson). Grant held by Dept English Language and Literature
£30,000 from the Arts Council for England (2002) to undertake a qualitative study of the value of therapeutic writing to people with malignant disease. A/c No AAETAER (G Bolton and B Hurwitz). Grant held by Dept English Language and Literature.
2003
£52,417 Innovation Award, Arts and Humanities Research Board to examine the literary theory of narrative in relation to the experience of illness. A/c No AAEFGCR (N Vickers and B Hurwitz) Grant held by Dept English Language and Literature
2004
£16,550 from Lewisham PCT to undertake a qualitative, interview and focus group based survey in south London primary schools, to investigate the opportunities/ barriers which exist to undertake intervention studies such as structured singing for the control of childhood asthma in such schools in response to the Healthy Schools Initiative. (B Hurwitz, B Fisher and M Morgan).
£5000 Office of Science and Technology. State of Science Review, Life Histories and Narratives of Addiction.
2005
£5000 Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Dialogues Between Disciplines: Literature and Medicine.
£39,337 Women and Serial Killers. Arts and Science Research Fellowship AHRC.
2007
£5000 Development Fund to stage Life Writing at King’s – Medical Lives at King’s 2007-08 (with Max Saunders and Ludmilla Jordanova)
10,000Euros ACUME-2 to research and produce a teaching module at masters level on the cultural Representations of Science and Technology http://www2.lingue.unibo.it/acume2/
£10,000 from Leverhulme Foundation, for playwright, Clare Luckham, to become artist in residence in the Dept of English at King’s, to research and write a play about ethnicity and medical education in London. (J Stokes, B Hurwitz and K Rabson). Grant held by Dept English Language and Literature
£30,000 from the Arts Council for England (2002) to undertake a qualitative study of the value of therapeutic writing to people with malignant disease. A/c No AAETAER (G Bolton and B Hurwitz). Grant held by Dept English Language and Literature.
2003
£52,417 Innovation Award, Arts and Humanities Research Board to examine the literary theory of narrative in relation to the experience of illness. A/c No AAEFGCR (N Vickers and B Hurwitz) Grant held by Dept English Language and Literature
2004
£16,550 from Lewisham PCT to undertake a qualitative, interview and focus group based survey in south London primary schools, to investigate the opportunities/ barriers which exist to undertake intervention studies such as structured singing for the control of childhood asthma in such schools in response to the Healthy Schools Initiative. (B Hurwitz, B Fisher and M Morgan).
£5000 Office of Science and Technology. State of Science Review, Life Histories and Narratives of Addiction.
2005
£5000 Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Dialogues Between Disciplines: Literature and Medicine.
£39,337 Women and Serial Killers. Arts and Science Research Fellowship AHRC.
2007
£5000 Development Fund to stage Life Writing at King’s – Medical Lives at King’s 2007-08 (with Max Saunders and Ludmilla Jordanova)
10,000Euros ACUME-2 to research and produce a teaching module at masters level on the cultural Representations of Science and Technology http://www2.lingue.unibo.it/acume2/
Peer Review Papers
2001
1. Sheikh A and Hurwitz B. Setting up a database of medical error in general practice: conceptual and methodological considerations. British Journal of General Practice 2001; 51: 57-60.
2. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B, and Parker M. Ethical and research dilemmas arising from a questionnaire study of morbidity in general practice managers. British Journal of General Practice 2001; 51: 32-5.
3. Hurwitz B. Guidelines, judgement, opinion, and clinical experience. Qual Health Care; 2001;10(4):202-203.
4. Sheikh A and Hurwitz B. Topical antibiotics for acute conjunctivitis: a systematic review. British Journal of General Practice 2001; 51(467):473-477.
5. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B and Smeeth . (2001) Topical antibiotics for acute bacterial conjunctivitis [Letter]. British Journal of General Practice Aug 2001.
6. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B. House dust mite avoidance measures for perennial allergic rhinitis In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 4, 2001. Oxford: Update Software. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2001; 4:CD001563. 1469-493X
7. Hurwitz B, Albon L and Yudkin J. Dialogue and interchange across the primary/secondary interface: piloting SpR secondment to a general practice diabetic clinic. Clin Med 2001; 1(5):374-377.
8. Bajekal M, Alves B, Jarman B, Hurwitz B. Rationale for the new GP deprivation payment scheme in England: effects of moving from electoral ward to enumeration district Under Privileged Area Scores. British Journal of General Practice 2001; 51(467):473-477
2002
9. Hurwitz B. Time, a narrative organiser of events experience. British Journal of General Practice 2002;52: 344-7.
10. Hurwitz B. Erring and learning in clinical practice. British Journal of General Practice 2002; 52: S26-30.
11. Hurwitz B and Vass A What's a good doctor, and how can you make one? [Editorial] BMJ 2002; 325: 667-668.
12. Jarman B, Hurwitz B, Cook A, Bajekal M and Lee A. The effects of community-based Parkinson's disease nurse specialists on health outcome and costs: a randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal 2002;324:1072-1075
13. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B, Sibbald D, Barnes G, Howe M and Durham S. House dust mite barrier bedding for asthma: a randomised placebo controlled trial. Biomed Central Family Practice 2002 3:12 (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/3/12)
14. Avery AJ, Sheikh A, Hurwitz B, Smeaton L Chen Y-U, Howard R, Cantrill J and Royal S. Safer medicines management in primary care. British Journal of General Practice 2002; 52: S17-22.
15. Jarman B, Hurwitz B, Cook A, Bajekal M, Lee A, Wilson-Barnett J. Community nurses specialising in Parkinson’s disease may improve patients’ feelings of well-being, but not clinical outcomes. Evidence-Based Healthcare 2002 6(4):145.
2003
16. McDonagh R and Hurwitz B. Lying in the bed we’ve made: reflections on some unintended consequences of clinical practice guidelines in the courts. Canadian Journal Obstetrics and Gynecology 2003; 25: 139-43.
17. Hurwitz B, Cook A, Ashcroft R. ED: the NHS should meet current need before preventing future medical needs. [Letter] British Medical Journal; 2003;326: 598.
18. Hurwitz B. Medicine, the arts and the humanities. 2003 Clin Med 3 (6):497-498
19. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B. House dust mite avoidance measures for perennial allergic rhinitis: a systematic review of efficacy. British Journal of General Practice 2003; 53: 318-22
20. Beaumont B Hurwitz B. Is it possible and is it worthwhile keeping track of deaths in general practice: results of a 15 year observational study? Quality and Safety in Health Care 2003; 12;337-42
21. Hurwitz B, Beaumont B Monitoring deaths in general practice: a simpler solution? [Letter reporting research data] Lancet 2003 1941
22. Padfield D and Hurwitz B. as if…visualising pain. In J Epidemiol 2003 32: 704-7.
2004
23. Hurwitz B, Beaumont B Death of the teaching autopsy: autopsy findings are important to all clinicians, including general practitioners. [Letter reporting research data] British Medical Journal 2004: 238; 165.
24. Beaumont B, Hurwitz B. Is it possible and is it worthwhile keeping track of deaths in general practice: results of a 15 year observational study? J Epidemiol Community Health. 2004 58:119.
25. Hurwitz B. Learning from primary care malpractice: past, present and future. Quality and Safety in Health Care 2004; 13: 90-1
26. Hurwitz B. How does evidence based guidance influence determinations of medical negligence? British Medical Journal 2004; 329: 1024 - 1028. Linked to NICE Legal Status of Guidelines webpage: http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=243389
27. Hurwitz B. Murder most medical – disposal most discreet. Lancet 2004;364: 38-39 http://image.thelancet.com/extras/04sup_18_webversion.pdf
28. Hurwitz B, Richardson R. The Penny Lancet. Lancet 2004; 364:2224-28.
29. Ward CD, Turpin G, Dewey ME, Fleming S, Hurwitz B, Ratib S, von Fragstein M, Lymbery M. Education for people with progressive neurological conditions can have negative effects: evidence from a randomized controlled trial. Clin Rehabil. 2004;18: 717-25.
2005
30. Netuveli G, Hurwitz B, Levy M, Fletcher M, Barnes G, Durham SR, Sheikh A. Ethnic variations in UK asthma frequency, morbidity and health-service use: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet 2005;365:312-17
31. Hurwitz B, Jarman, Cook A, Bajekal M. Scientific evaluation of community-based Parkinson’s disease nurse specialists on patient outcomes and health care costs. J of Evalation and Clinical Medicine 2005;11:99-110.
32. Hurwitz B, Tapping C, Vickers N. Life histories and Narratives of Addiction. State of Science Review, Foresight Brain Science, Addiction and Drugs Project, Office of Science and Technology, London 2005.
33. Hurwitz B Many of Shipman’s bizarre and divergent practices were detected but were neither properly registered nor investigated. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/331/7513/411#114726
34. Netuveli G, Hurwitz B, Sheikh A. Ethnic variations in incidence of asthma episodes in England & Wales: national study of 502,482 patients in primary care. Respiratory Research 2005, 6: 120 http://respiratory-research.com/content/6/1/120
35. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B. Topical antibiotics for acute bacterial conjunctivitis: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis update. British Journal of General Practice 2005;55:962-4
2006
36. S Royal, L Smeaton, A J Avery, B Hurwitz, and A Sheikh (2006). Interventions in primary care to reduce medication related adverse events and hospital admissions: systematic review and meta-analysis Qual. Saf. Health Care 2006; 15: 23 - 31.
37. Hurwitz B. Self-management of chronic conditions: the long lead-up to the 'expert patient'. Chronic Illness 2006;2: 19-20
38. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B. Antibiotics versus placebo for acute bacterial conjunctivitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006 Apr 19;(2):CD001211 Introduction. Literature and Medicine 2006; 25: 189-93
40. Hurwitz B. Form and representation in clinical case reports. Literature and Medicine 2006; 25: 216-40.
2007
41. Netuveli G, Hurwitz B, Sheikh A. Lineages of language and the diagnosis of asthma. JRSM 2007:100; 19-24
42. Calderon MA, Alves B, Jacobson M, Hurwitz B, Sheikh A, Durham S. Allergen injection immunotherapy for seasonal allergic rhinitis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD001936. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001936.pub2.
43. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B, Shehata Y. House dust mite avoidance measures for perennial allergic rhinitis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD001563. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001563.pub2.
44. Kempster P, Hurwitz B Lees A. A new look at James Parkinson’s Essay on the Shaking Palsy. Neurology 2007; 69: 482-5.
1. Sheikh A and Hurwitz B. Setting up a database of medical error in general practice: conceptual and methodological considerations. British Journal of General Practice 2001; 51: 57-60.
2. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B, and Parker M. Ethical and research dilemmas arising from a questionnaire study of morbidity in general practice managers. British Journal of General Practice 2001; 51: 32-5.
3. Hurwitz B. Guidelines, judgement, opinion, and clinical experience. Qual Health Care; 2001;10(4):202-203.
4. Sheikh A and Hurwitz B. Topical antibiotics for acute conjunctivitis: a systematic review. British Journal of General Practice 2001; 51(467):473-477.
5. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B and Smeeth . (2001) Topical antibiotics for acute bacterial conjunctivitis [Letter]. British Journal of General Practice Aug 2001.
6. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B. House dust mite avoidance measures for perennial allergic rhinitis In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 4, 2001. Oxford: Update Software. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2001; 4:CD001563. 1469-493X
7. Hurwitz B, Albon L and Yudkin J. Dialogue and interchange across the primary/secondary interface: piloting SpR secondment to a general practice diabetic clinic. Clin Med 2001; 1(5):374-377.
8. Bajekal M, Alves B, Jarman B, Hurwitz B. Rationale for the new GP deprivation payment scheme in England: effects of moving from electoral ward to enumeration district Under Privileged Area Scores. British Journal of General Practice 2001; 51(467):473-477
2002
9. Hurwitz B. Time, a narrative organiser of events experience. British Journal of General Practice 2002;52: 344-7.
10. Hurwitz B. Erring and learning in clinical practice. British Journal of General Practice 2002; 52: S26-30.
11. Hurwitz B and Vass A What's a good doctor, and how can you make one? [Editorial] BMJ 2002; 325: 667-668.
12. Jarman B, Hurwitz B, Cook A, Bajekal M and Lee A. The effects of community-based Parkinson's disease nurse specialists on health outcome and costs: a randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal 2002;324:1072-1075
13. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B, Sibbald D, Barnes G, Howe M and Durham S. House dust mite barrier bedding for asthma: a randomised placebo controlled trial. Biomed Central Family Practice 2002 3:12 (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/3/12)
14. Avery AJ, Sheikh A, Hurwitz B, Smeaton L Chen Y-U, Howard R, Cantrill J and Royal S. Safer medicines management in primary care. British Journal of General Practice 2002; 52: S17-22.
15. Jarman B, Hurwitz B, Cook A, Bajekal M, Lee A, Wilson-Barnett J. Community nurses specialising in Parkinson’s disease may improve patients’ feelings of well-being, but not clinical outcomes. Evidence-Based Healthcare 2002 6(4):145.
2003
16. McDonagh R and Hurwitz B. Lying in the bed we’ve made: reflections on some unintended consequences of clinical practice guidelines in the courts. Canadian Journal Obstetrics and Gynecology 2003; 25: 139-43.
17. Hurwitz B, Cook A, Ashcroft R. ED: the NHS should meet current need before preventing future medical needs. [Letter] British Medical Journal; 2003;326: 598.
18. Hurwitz B. Medicine, the arts and the humanities. 2003 Clin Med 3 (6):497-498
19. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B. House dust mite avoidance measures for perennial allergic rhinitis: a systematic review of efficacy. British Journal of General Practice 2003; 53: 318-22
20. Beaumont B Hurwitz B. Is it possible and is it worthwhile keeping track of deaths in general practice: results of a 15 year observational study? Quality and Safety in Health Care 2003; 12;337-42
21. Hurwitz B, Beaumont B Monitoring deaths in general practice: a simpler solution? [Letter reporting research data] Lancet 2003 1941
22. Padfield D and Hurwitz B. as if…visualising pain. In J Epidemiol 2003 32: 704-7.
2004
23. Hurwitz B, Beaumont B Death of the teaching autopsy: autopsy findings are important to all clinicians, including general practitioners. [Letter reporting research data] British Medical Journal 2004: 238; 165.
24. Beaumont B, Hurwitz B. Is it possible and is it worthwhile keeping track of deaths in general practice: results of a 15 year observational study? J Epidemiol Community Health. 2004 58:119.
25. Hurwitz B. Learning from primary care malpractice: past, present and future. Quality and Safety in Health Care 2004; 13: 90-1
26. Hurwitz B. How does evidence based guidance influence determinations of medical negligence? British Medical Journal 2004; 329: 1024 - 1028. Linked to NICE Legal Status of Guidelines webpage: http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=243389
27. Hurwitz B. Murder most medical – disposal most discreet. Lancet 2004;364: 38-39 http://image.thelancet.com/extras/04sup_18_webversion.pdf
28. Hurwitz B, Richardson R. The Penny Lancet. Lancet 2004; 364:2224-28.
29. Ward CD, Turpin G, Dewey ME, Fleming S, Hurwitz B, Ratib S, von Fragstein M, Lymbery M. Education for people with progressive neurological conditions can have negative effects: evidence from a randomized controlled trial. Clin Rehabil. 2004;18: 717-25.
2005
30. Netuveli G, Hurwitz B, Levy M, Fletcher M, Barnes G, Durham SR, Sheikh A. Ethnic variations in UK asthma frequency, morbidity and health-service use: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet 2005;365:312-17
31. Hurwitz B, Jarman, Cook A, Bajekal M. Scientific evaluation of community-based Parkinson’s disease nurse specialists on patient outcomes and health care costs. J of Evalation and Clinical Medicine 2005;11:99-110.
32. Hurwitz B, Tapping C, Vickers N. Life histories and Narratives of Addiction. State of Science Review, Foresight Brain Science, Addiction and Drugs Project, Office of Science and Technology, London 2005.
33. Hurwitz B Many of Shipman’s bizarre and divergent practices were detected but were neither properly registered nor investigated. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/331/7513/411#114726
34. Netuveli G, Hurwitz B, Sheikh A. Ethnic variations in incidence of asthma episodes in England & Wales: national study of 502,482 patients in primary care. Respiratory Research 2005, 6: 120 http://respiratory-research.com/content/6/1/120
35. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B. Topical antibiotics for acute bacterial conjunctivitis: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis update. British Journal of General Practice 2005;55:962-4
2006
36. S Royal, L Smeaton, A J Avery, B Hurwitz, and A Sheikh (2006). Interventions in primary care to reduce medication related adverse events and hospital admissions: systematic review and meta-analysis Qual. Saf. Health Care 2006; 15: 23 - 31.
37. Hurwitz B. Self-management of chronic conditions: the long lead-up to the 'expert patient'. Chronic Illness 2006;2: 19-20
38. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B. Antibiotics versus placebo for acute bacterial conjunctivitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006 Apr 19;(2):CD001211 Introduction. Literature and Medicine 2006; 25: 189-93
40. Hurwitz B. Form and representation in clinical case reports. Literature and Medicine 2006; 25: 216-40.
2007
41. Netuveli G, Hurwitz B, Sheikh A. Lineages of language and the diagnosis of asthma. JRSM 2007:100; 19-24
42. Calderon MA, Alves B, Jacobson M, Hurwitz B, Sheikh A, Durham S. Allergen injection immunotherapy for seasonal allergic rhinitis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD001936. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001936.pub2.
43. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B, Shehata Y. House dust mite avoidance measures for perennial allergic rhinitis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD001563. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001563.pub2.
44. Kempster P, Hurwitz B Lees A. A new look at James Parkinson’s Essay on the Shaking Palsy. Neurology 2007; 69: 482-5.
Chapters in Books
1. Richardson R and Hurwitz B. A victorian student contemplates humanity. In: Kirklin D and Richardson R (eds). Medical Humanities. London: Royal College of Physicians 2001, 123-34
2. Hurwitz B. Informed consent and access to personal medical records for the purposes of health services research. In: Doyal L and Tobias J (eds). Informed Consent in Medical Research. London: BMJ Books 2001, 230-239.
3. Hurwitz B. Biological and narrative time in clinical practice. In: Elder A, and Holmes J. (eds). Mental Health in Primary care. Oxford: OUP 2002.
4. Hurwitz B. Looking at Pain. In: Padfield D (ed). Perceptions of Pain. Stockport: Dewi Lewis Publishing 2003, 7-13.
5. Hurwitz B. Medico-Legal Issues in Primary Care. In: Jones R, Britten N, Culpepper L, Gass D, Grol R, Mant D Silagy C (eds) Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care. Oxford: OUP 2003 Volume 1, 598-61
6. Ward C and Hurwitz B Movement Disorders. In: Jones R (ed) Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care. In: Jones R, Britten N, Culpepper L, Gass D, Grol R, Mant D Silagy C (eds) Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care. Oxford: OUP 2003 Volume 2, 1053-8
7. Whitty P, Eccles M, Grimshaw J, Woolf S, Shekelle P, Hurwitz B, Mason J. Clinical Guidelines: Development and Use. In: Jones R, Britten N, Culpepper L, Gass D, Grol R, Mant D Silagy C (eds) Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care. Oxford: OUP 2003 Volume 1, 477-81
8. Hurwitz B, Jarman B, Cook A, Bajekal M. Scientific Evaluation of Community-Based Parkinson's Disease Nurse Specialists on Patient Outcomes and Health Care Costs. In: Findley L, Hurwitz B and Miles A. (eds) Key Advances in the Care of Parkinson’s Disease. London: Aesculapius Medical Press. 2004, 171-90.
9. Hurwitz B. Greenhalgh P and Skultans V. Introduction to narrative research in health and illness In: Hurwitz B, Greenhalgh P and Skultans V. (eds) Narrative Research in Health and Illness. Oxford: BMJ Books, Blackwells, 2004, 1-20.
10. Hurwitz B. The temporal construction of medical narratives. In: Hurwitz B, Greenhalgh P and Skultans V. (eds) Narrative Research in Health and Illness. Oxford: BMJ Books, Blackwells, 2004, 414-27.
11. Hurwitz B. The impact of guidelines on practice (2005). In: Haynes K and Thomas M. Clinical Risk Management in Primary Care Oxford: Radcliffe 2005, 247-59.
12. Hurwitz B. Family access to shared genetic information: an analysis of the narrative. In: Ashcroft R, Lucassen A, Parker M, Verkerk M, Widdershoven G (eds) Case analysis in clinical ethics. Cambridge: CUP 2005, 27-43.
13. Hurwitz B Foreword. In: Posen S. The Doctor in Literature Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing, 2006, vi-vii.
14. Hurwitz B, Tapping C and Vickers N. Life Histories and Narratives of Addiction. In Nutt D, Robbins TW, Stimson GV, Ince M Jackson A (eds). Drugs and the Future: Brain Science, Addiction and Society. Amsterdam: Academic Press 2006, 485-506
15. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B. Bacterial conjunctivitis. In: Hampton F, Fraunfelder F T, Fraunfelder FW (eds) Current ocular therapy (7th edition). London: Elsevier Ltd 2007.
16. Hurwitz B. Negligence in General Practice. Powers M and Harris N (eds) Medical Negligence 4th Edition LexisNexis UK expected date publication 2008
2. Hurwitz B. Informed consent and access to personal medical records for the purposes of health services research. In: Doyal L and Tobias J (eds). Informed Consent in Medical Research. London: BMJ Books 2001, 230-239.
3. Hurwitz B. Biological and narrative time in clinical practice. In: Elder A, and Holmes J. (eds). Mental Health in Primary care. Oxford: OUP 2002.
4. Hurwitz B. Looking at Pain. In: Padfield D (ed). Perceptions of Pain. Stockport: Dewi Lewis Publishing 2003, 7-13.
5. Hurwitz B. Medico-Legal Issues in Primary Care. In: Jones R, Britten N, Culpepper L, Gass D, Grol R, Mant D Silagy C (eds) Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care. Oxford: OUP 2003 Volume 1, 598-61
6. Ward C and Hurwitz B Movement Disorders. In: Jones R (ed) Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care. In: Jones R, Britten N, Culpepper L, Gass D, Grol R, Mant D Silagy C (eds) Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care. Oxford: OUP 2003 Volume 2, 1053-8
7. Whitty P, Eccles M, Grimshaw J, Woolf S, Shekelle P, Hurwitz B, Mason J. Clinical Guidelines: Development and Use. In: Jones R, Britten N, Culpepper L, Gass D, Grol R, Mant D Silagy C (eds) Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care. Oxford: OUP 2003 Volume 1, 477-81
8. Hurwitz B, Jarman B, Cook A, Bajekal M. Scientific Evaluation of Community-Based Parkinson's Disease Nurse Specialists on Patient Outcomes and Health Care Costs. In: Findley L, Hurwitz B and Miles A. (eds) Key Advances in the Care of Parkinson’s Disease. London: Aesculapius Medical Press. 2004, 171-90.
9. Hurwitz B. Greenhalgh P and Skultans V. Introduction to narrative research in health and illness In: Hurwitz B, Greenhalgh P and Skultans V. (eds) Narrative Research in Health and Illness. Oxford: BMJ Books, Blackwells, 2004, 1-20.
10. Hurwitz B. The temporal construction of medical narratives. In: Hurwitz B, Greenhalgh P and Skultans V. (eds) Narrative Research in Health and Illness. Oxford: BMJ Books, Blackwells, 2004, 414-27.
11. Hurwitz B. The impact of guidelines on practice (2005). In: Haynes K and Thomas M. Clinical Risk Management in Primary Care Oxford: Radcliffe 2005, 247-59.
12. Hurwitz B. Family access to shared genetic information: an analysis of the narrative. In: Ashcroft R, Lucassen A, Parker M, Verkerk M, Widdershoven G (eds) Case analysis in clinical ethics. Cambridge: CUP 2005, 27-43.
13. Hurwitz B Foreword. In: Posen S. The Doctor in Literature Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing, 2006, vi-vii.
14. Hurwitz B, Tapping C and Vickers N. Life Histories and Narratives of Addiction. In Nutt D, Robbins TW, Stimson GV, Ince M Jackson A (eds). Drugs and the Future: Brain Science, Addiction and Society. Amsterdam: Academic Press 2006, 485-506
15. Sheikh A, Hurwitz B. Bacterial conjunctivitis. In: Hampton F, Fraunfelder F T, Fraunfelder FW (eds) Current ocular therapy (7th edition). London: Elsevier Ltd 2007.
16. Hurwitz B. Negligence in General Practice. Powers M and Harris N (eds) Medical Negligence 4th Edition LexisNexis UK expected date publication 2008
Reviews
Hurwitz B. Stories Matter: the Role of Narrative in Medical Ethics. Charon R and Montello M (eds) New York and London: Routledge 2002. In: Lancet 2003 361:1309 and Family Practice 20:354
Hurwitz B. Literary doctors. Review of Posen R The Doctor In Literature: Satisfaction or Resentment?, Radcliffe Publishing 2005 Lancet 2005:365: 1614.
Hurwitz B and Richardson R. Review of WF Bynum and Roy Porter, Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations, Oxford University Press (2005). In: Lancet 2005 2170.
I am a member of the following editorial boards
• Journal of Medical Ethics
• Chronic Illness
• Clinical Medicine (Journal of Royal College of Physicians of London)
• Journal of Evaluation and Clinical Practice
And am the Series Editor of ‘Medical Ethics – A Living Literature’, three novels published by Radcliffe Publishing Ltd (Oxford) and written by Hazel E McHaffie about medical ethical and legal dilemmas: Vacant Possession (2005), a story of proxy decision making; Double Trouble (2005), a story of reproduction; Paternity (2005), a story of assisted conception http://www.mchaffie.f9.co.uk/
Hurwitz B. Literary doctors. Review of Posen R The Doctor In Literature: Satisfaction or Resentment?, Radcliffe Publishing 2005 Lancet 2005:365: 1614.
Hurwitz B and Richardson R. Review of WF Bynum and Roy Porter, Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations, Oxford University Press (2005). In: Lancet 2005 2170.
I am a member of the following editorial boards
• Journal of Medical Ethics
• Chronic Illness
• Clinical Medicine (Journal of Royal College of Physicians of London)
• Journal of Evaluation and Clinical Practice
And am the Series Editor of ‘Medical Ethics – A Living Literature’, three novels published by Radcliffe Publishing Ltd (Oxford) and written by Hazel E McHaffie about medical ethical and legal dilemmas: Vacant Possession (2005), a story of proxy decision making; Double Trouble (2005), a story of reproduction; Paternity (2005), a story of assisted conception http://www.mchaffie.f9.co.uk/
Doctoral supervision/examination
Doctoral Supervision:
MD Thesis. A Sheikh
House Dust Mite Avoidance and the Treatment of Asthmatic Children in General Practice. University of London. Awarded June 2002.
MD thesis Dr K Sweeney (Evaluating the Hegemony of Science in the Contemporary Medical Paradigm. (Peninsular Medical School). Awarded Sept 2004)
MD/PhD theses examined:
Patients’ Perceptions about Blood Pressure Medication and Their Relationship To Medicine Taking
Candidate: J Benson. MD University of London. 2001.
Quality of Life for Survivors of Severe Traumatic Head Injury.
Candidate: MJ Sansom. PhD University of Exeter Awarded 2002.
Tremulous Bodies: The Representation and Reception of Suffering In Contemporary Western Performance.
Candidate: Emma Govan. PhD University of London January 2003.
MD Thesis. A Sheikh
House Dust Mite Avoidance and the Treatment of Asthmatic Children in General Practice. University of London. Awarded June 2002.
MD thesis Dr K Sweeney (Evaluating the Hegemony of Science in the Contemporary Medical Paradigm. (Peninsular Medical School). Awarded Sept 2004)
MD/PhD theses examined:
Patients’ Perceptions about Blood Pressure Medication and Their Relationship To Medicine Taking
Candidate: J Benson. MD University of London. 2001.
Quality of Life for Survivors of Severe Traumatic Head Injury.
Candidate: MJ Sansom. PhD University of Exeter Awarded 2002.
Tremulous Bodies: The Representation and Reception of Suffering In Contemporary Western Performance.
Candidate: Emma Govan. PhD University of London January 2003.
Conferences
Conferences for which I have be academic lead
1 With Dr Vieda Skultans and Professor Trish Greenhalgh
Narrative Based Medicine: an Interdisciplinary Conference - Research, Teaching and Practice. A two day international conference Autumn 2001 Homerton College, Cambridge UK. BMJ Conferences.
4 With Profs Barry Ife and Irene Higginson
The Art of Dying Conference – series of 15 inter-related half-day, one day and two day conferences at King’s College London academic year ‘02-‘03.
5 With Dr Trudi Darby and Chris Coe
Citizenship component of King’s College 175th Anniversary Celebrations 2004.
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/phpnews/wmview.php?ArtID=568
6 With Professors Trish Greenhalgh and Vieda Skultans
Narrative Research in Health and Illness 2-day International Conference at SOAS Sept 2004
7 With Dr Neil Vickers
King’s Dialogues Between Disciplines: School of Humanities Lectures in Literature and Medicine Jan-May 2005, King’s College, London. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/hums/landm/
8 With Dr Neil Vickers
Literature and Medicine MA Seminars open to staff and all research students at KCL 2006 (see http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/english/events/litmed.html).
9 With Profs Richard Baker and Aneez Esmail. After Shipman: Trust between Patients and Doctors 1-day Meeting Royal Society of Medicine, London 2nd May 2006 http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/XZ-Shipman.htm
10 With Dr Neil Vickers. Health, Illness and Representation: 4th Annual Conference of the UK Association for the Medical Humanities. 2-day International Conference, 4th and 5th September 2006, King’s College, London. http://www.amh.ac.uk/amh_conference_2006.htm
Invited Keynote Talks
• Developing a New Hippocratic Oath (with Dr Ruth Richardson). Open Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, February 2003, London.
• Medicine and Subjectivity. Inaugural Lecture D’Oyly Carte Chair in Medicine and the Arts, March 2003, Great Hall, King’s College, London.
• Training Doctors for a Fast Changing World. World Federation of Medical Education, March 2003 Copenhagen.
• Medicine and Narrative. Annual Meeting of Association for the Literary Arts in Personal Development (LAPIDUS), March 2003, Warwick.
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• Medicine, the Arts and the Humanities. Medical Humanities Forum, Nuffield Lodge, June 2003, London.
• Commentary on van Gogh’s portrait of Dr Gachet (L’Homme a la pipe: portrait du Docteur Gachet. Etching 1890). Audioguide. British Museum June-November 2003, London. See Arnold K and Olsen (eds). Medicine man: the forgotten collection of Henry Wellcome. London: British Museum Press 2003,24.displayed in the exhibition of Henry Wellcome’s unknown collection.
• Interdisciplinarity within the arts and humanities and beyond. AHRB Research Strategy Seminar, May 2004, British Academy, London.
• Narrative, the case and case histories. Plenary Lecture, Annual Meeting Association of Medical Humanities, July 2004, Swansea.
• Narrative differences between cases, illness narratives and stories. Institute of Health Sciences, Queen Mary College, University of London July 2004
• Why medicine needs narrative. Opening Keynote Lecture, AHRB Seminar Narrative and Medicine, Swansea December 2004.
• Narrative and the practice of medicine. Medical Humanities workshop, University of Cambridge, Jan 2005
• Introduction and Chair of Georgian Medicine, Apothecaries, Art and Architecture, 2-day conference in honour of Roy Porter, Society of Apothecaries, Society of Apothecaries24th & 25th Nov 2005.
• Parkinson Narratives. 250th Birthday Celebration of James Parkinson’s Birth, Basal; Gangia Club of Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, 6th Dec 2005.
• Picturing the Invisible in NHS Pain Clinics. Why Art Matters Conference, Centre for Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Clare Hall, Cambridge 12th Dec 2005.
• Transvestitism and Transparency: Generational Strategies in Women’s Medical Education. The Elizabeth Blackwell Oration, State University of New York, Syracuse (with Dr Ruth Richardson) Feb 2006
• Evolution of the Clinical Case History. Medical Grand Rounds, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, Feb 2006.
• After Shipman: Trust between Patients and Doctors - Public Expectations 2nd May 2006 Royal Society of Medicine. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/XZ-Shipman.htm
• Evolution of the Clinical Case History. Medical Grand Rounds, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, Feb 2006.
• The Narrative Nature of Clinical Cases. MacDonald Critchley Lecture. Society of Apothecaries. June 6th 2006
• The Narrative, Nature of Clinical Cases – Implications for Bioethics Talk. Opening plenary of the Joint Conference of the Australasian Bioethics Association and the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Health, Law and Ethics at Queensland University of Technology (see http://www.law2006.qut.edu.au/Program%20060706.pdf) July 2006
• The Medical Humanities - its Matrix of Research and Scholarship. Wellcome Trust December 2006
• Narrativity and Temporality in Clinical Cases.
Cultural Representations of Science and Technology Atelier, Maison Des Sciences de L’Homme ACUME Paris June 2007.
• Renewing Clinical Case Reports in Primary Care. Workshop with the editors of the Journal of Medical Case Reports at the Society of Academic Primary Care Annual Scientific Meeting, London July 2007.
• What Are The Medical Humanities & Why Do They Matter? Randall Division of Biophysics and Molecular Biology Guy’s Campus, KCL London July 2007.
• Getting a Grip on Arts, Humanities and Medicine Opening talk British Association of Health Services in Higher Education Conference Strand Campus KCL July 2007.
• What is Narrative Medicine? Talk to a joint meeting of the Departments of English of KCL and University of North Carolina (UNC) and the Department of Social Medicine UNC, at UNC Chapel Hill.
1 With Dr Vieda Skultans and Professor Trish Greenhalgh
Narrative Based Medicine: an Interdisciplinary Conference - Research, Teaching and Practice. A two day international conference Autumn 2001 Homerton College, Cambridge UK. BMJ Conferences.
4 With Profs Barry Ife and Irene Higginson
The Art of Dying Conference – series of 15 inter-related half-day, one day and two day conferences at King’s College London academic year ‘02-‘03.
5 With Dr Trudi Darby and Chris Coe
Citizenship component of King’s College 175th Anniversary Celebrations 2004.
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/phpnews/wmview.php?ArtID=568
6 With Professors Trish Greenhalgh and Vieda Skultans
Narrative Research in Health and Illness 2-day International Conference at SOAS Sept 2004
7 With Dr Neil Vickers
King’s Dialogues Between Disciplines: School of Humanities Lectures in Literature and Medicine Jan-May 2005, King’s College, London. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/hums/landm/
8 With Dr Neil Vickers
Literature and Medicine MA Seminars open to staff and all research students at KCL 2006 (see http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/english/events/litmed.html).
9 With Profs Richard Baker and Aneez Esmail. After Shipman: Trust between Patients and Doctors 1-day Meeting Royal Society of Medicine, London 2nd May 2006 http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/XZ-Shipman.htm
10 With Dr Neil Vickers. Health, Illness and Representation: 4th Annual Conference of the UK Association for the Medical Humanities. 2-day International Conference, 4th and 5th September 2006, King’s College, London. http://www.amh.ac.uk/amh_conference_2006.htm
Invited Keynote Talks
• Developing a New Hippocratic Oath (with Dr Ruth Richardson). Open Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, February 2003, London.
• Medicine and Subjectivity. Inaugural Lecture D’Oyly Carte Chair in Medicine and the Arts, March 2003, Great Hall, King’s College, London.
• Training Doctors for a Fast Changing World. World Federation of Medical Education, March 2003 Copenhagen.
• Medicine and Narrative. Annual Meeting of Association for the Literary Arts in Personal Development (LAPIDUS), March 2003, Warwick.
.
• Medicine, the Arts and the Humanities. Medical Humanities Forum, Nuffield Lodge, June 2003, London.
• Commentary on van Gogh’s portrait of Dr Gachet (L’Homme a la pipe: portrait du Docteur Gachet. Etching 1890). Audioguide. British Museum June-November 2003, London. See Arnold K and Olsen (eds). Medicine man: the forgotten collection of Henry Wellcome. London: British Museum Press 2003,24.displayed in the exhibition of Henry Wellcome’s unknown collection.
• Interdisciplinarity within the arts and humanities and beyond. AHRB Research Strategy Seminar, May 2004, British Academy, London.
• Narrative, the case and case histories. Plenary Lecture, Annual Meeting Association of Medical Humanities, July 2004, Swansea.
• Narrative differences between cases, illness narratives and stories. Institute of Health Sciences, Queen Mary College, University of London July 2004
• Why medicine needs narrative. Opening Keynote Lecture, AHRB Seminar Narrative and Medicine, Swansea December 2004.
• Narrative and the practice of medicine. Medical Humanities workshop, University of Cambridge, Jan 2005
• Introduction and Chair of Georgian Medicine, Apothecaries, Art and Architecture, 2-day conference in honour of Roy Porter, Society of Apothecaries, Society of Apothecaries24th & 25th Nov 2005.
• Parkinson Narratives. 250th Birthday Celebration of James Parkinson’s Birth, Basal; Gangia Club of Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, 6th Dec 2005.
• Picturing the Invisible in NHS Pain Clinics. Why Art Matters Conference, Centre for Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Clare Hall, Cambridge 12th Dec 2005.
• Transvestitism and Transparency: Generational Strategies in Women’s Medical Education. The Elizabeth Blackwell Oration, State University of New York, Syracuse (with Dr Ruth Richardson) Feb 2006
• Evolution of the Clinical Case History. Medical Grand Rounds, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, Feb 2006.
• After Shipman: Trust between Patients and Doctors - Public Expectations 2nd May 2006 Royal Society of Medicine. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/XZ-Shipman.htm
• Evolution of the Clinical Case History. Medical Grand Rounds, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, Feb 2006.
• The Narrative Nature of Clinical Cases. MacDonald Critchley Lecture. Society of Apothecaries. June 6th 2006
• The Narrative, Nature of Clinical Cases – Implications for Bioethics Talk. Opening plenary of the Joint Conference of the Australasian Bioethics Association and the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Health, Law and Ethics at Queensland University of Technology (see http://www.law2006.qut.edu.au/Program%20060706.pdf) July 2006
• The Medical Humanities - its Matrix of Research and Scholarship. Wellcome Trust December 2006
• Narrativity and Temporality in Clinical Cases.
Cultural Representations of Science and Technology Atelier, Maison Des Sciences de L’Homme ACUME Paris June 2007.
• Renewing Clinical Case Reports in Primary Care. Workshop with the editors of the Journal of Medical Case Reports at the Society of Academic Primary Care Annual Scientific Meeting, London July 2007.
• What Are The Medical Humanities & Why Do They Matter? Randall Division of Biophysics and Molecular Biology Guy’s Campus, KCL London July 2007.
• Getting a Grip on Arts, Humanities and Medicine Opening talk British Association of Health Services in Higher Education Conference Strand Campus KCL July 2007.
• What is Narrative Medicine? Talk to a joint meeting of the Departments of English of KCL and University of North Carolina (UNC) and the Department of Social Medicine UNC, at UNC Chapel Hill.