1. When Artists Go to Work: On the Ethics of Engaging the Arts in Public Health.
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Smith, Patrick T. and Sonke, Jill K.
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ART , *VACCINATION , *OCCUPATIONAL roles , *COVID-19 vaccines , *ATTITUDE (Psychology) , *PUBLIC health , *VACCINE hesitancy , *ARTISTS , *INTERPROFESSIONAL relations , *TRUST , *HEALTH promotion - Abstract
Collaboration between the arts and health sectors is gaining momentum. Artists are contributing significantly to public health efforts such as vaccine confidence campaigns. Artists and the arts are well positioned to contribute to the social conditions needed to build trust in the health sector. Health professionals, organizations, and institutions should recognize not only the power that can be derived from the insights, artefacts, and expertise of artists and the arts to create the conditions that make trust possible. The health sector must also recognize that, while it can gain much from partnership with artists, artists risk much—namely, the public's trust—when they are in such partnerships. This essay unpacks these claims and considers the care and ethical considerations that must be brought to these partnerships to yield constructive pathways for ethical collaboration as well as for both establishing public trust and continuing to hold the health care profession accountable for becoming more trustworthy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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