On 1 August, it was announced that the family of Henrietta Lacks reached a settlement with the biotech company over non-consensual use of her cells. Most of us know the story very well already; Lacks ...

In recent years, ‘vulnerability’ has been getting more traction in theoretical, professional and popular spaces as an alternative or complement to the concept of risk. As a group of science and ...

‘I’m not ok, we are not ok’: an exploration into the embodied precarity experienced by disabled people and their family members living in rural South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic ...

The French sculptor Camille Claudel at about the age of 40 developed a psychotic illness that proved to be chronic. Delusions of persecution, focused on her former mentor and lover Auguste Rodin, ...

This paper discusses various justifications for including medical humanities and art in healthcare education. It expresses concern about portrayals of the humanities and art as benign and servile in ...

Richard Wagner’s opera Parsifal is examined as a study in illness, pain and healing. Wagner’s intention was to communicate directly to the audience the “emotional content” of the suffering of the ...

Sometimes, perhaps more often than most of us like to admit, it can feel like we’re just pawns in some giant chess game. Too small and insignificant to influence the players, we worry instead about ...

This paper examines how the biostatistical theory (BST), as endorsed by Norman Daniels’ account of just health, can be integrated with the capabilities approach to address the ‘lowering functioning ...

This work explores recent industrial action by doctors in the British National Health Service (NHS) through a psychoanalytic lens, exploring psychosocial context and the role of unconscious phantasy.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (fifth edition) (DSM-V) (American Psychiatric Association) provides clinical guidance for psychiatrists on mental disorders. It emphasises ...

Healthcare courses typically approach Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) education from a ‘translational science’ perspective. Students are taught about ‘evidence-based’ interventions, which are ...

Purpose Stigmatisation and lack of awareness about many women’s health concerns constitute a major public health problem. This study analyses the impact of a narrative medicine (NM) intervention ...