This special issue of The Lancet, volume 368 no. 9552, December 2006, is dedicated to medicine and creativity. The volume contains a collection of essays, features and profiles from around the world exploring the many relationships between creativity and medicine. Among the essays are: * Writing and healing Anne Hudson Jones * Creativity - the healthy muse Albert Rothenberg * Art created by psychiatric patients Mia Lejsted and Johannes Nielsen * What can the arts bring to medical training? Suzy Willson * Composing a song to teach about dengue fever Zenobia Chan * Development of children's creativity to foster peace Ashfaq Ishaq * Healing through art therapy in disaster settings S Haroon Ahmed and M Naim Siddiqi * Theatre - a force for health promotion Elizabeth Mbizvo * Hospital clowns - modern-day court jesters at work Peter Spitzer

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