Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction: The Medical Humanities Today -- Case One: Circumcision: Religion and Health -- Case Two: Face Transplants: Authentic Faces? -- Case Three: Posture and Health -- Case Four: Obesity across Cultures -- Case Five: Seeing Pain -- Case Six: Madness as a Disability -- Case Seven: Self-Harm and Mental Illness -- Case Eight: Genes and Race -- Case Nine: Death: The Final Case -- Index