Digital Humanities in Health Care: Exploring Behavioral Transformation through Literary Analysis of Franz Kafka’s Tale

This article centers on addressing new challenges that, if given enough attention, will enrich the quality of healthcare delivery in the future. It employs the lens of digital humanities (DHs) to describe the implications of Franz Kafka’s tale in palliative and end-of-life care. Focusing on the DH a...

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Main Authors: Akuma Ifeanyichukwu, Vina Ravi Vaswani
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Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-01-01
Series:Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/amhs.amhs_157_24
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