Medical Humanities

Perceptions of patient care at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre

H Etheredge (Medical bioethicist)

History of Organ Transplantation at the University of the Witwatersrand

S Horwitz (Historian)

Exploring the experience of delirium in hospital, and how music might extend our insight into this phenomenon

V Hume (Musician)

Assessing the impact of live music on patients, visitors and health professionals at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre

V Hume (Musician)

Question of identity in embodied experiences of adolescents with cancer

D Malahlela (PhD student)

Music Project

Through a collaboration with the Wits Department of Community Music and Community of Music Makers South Africa (COMMSA), an interactive, live music programme takes place on a weekly basis in the hospital. The programme has been successful in improving the hospital environment for patients and staff alike, and it has been extended to some pediatric wards at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital